Podiums and accolades continue to amass for British skiers and snowboarders

Freddy Carrick-Smith opens Bakuriani Games with a bang

Freddy Carrick-Smith delivered a performance for the ages in the opening Alpine races of the Bakuriani European Youth Olympic Festival, taking Gold for Team GB.

Sitting second at the turn, Freddy delivered the fastest second run of the competition to take Gold in a strong field which included three other Brits, including twin brother Zak Carrick-Smith who finished in fifth.

Taylor takes sixth Telemark World Cup podium of season

Jaz Taylor‘s remarkable season continued in typically impressive form with third and fourth place at the weekend’s Sprint World Cup races in Trillevallen. After just missing out on the podium on the first day’s racing, Taylor roared back into the top-3 with a third place finish at the second of the weekend’s races, a result which marked her sixth World Cup podium of the season.

Mia Brookes’ Big Air Crystal Globe lends sparkling finish to Aspen world Cup

Mia Brookes’ incredible consistency on the Big Air World Cup stage was rewarded with a defence of the Crystal Globe she secured last year. Having elected to sit out the final Big Air World Cup of the season on the back of an intense recent schedule, Brookes nevertheless secured the Globe on the back of her World Cup wins in Klagenfurt and Beijing.

Elsewhere in Aspen, Maisie Hill came 17th in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air, Txema Mazet Brown was 50th in the Men’s competition, Kirsty Muir continued her injury comeback with 12th place in the Freeski Big Air, with Caoimhe Heavey in 16th, while Chris McCormick, James Pouch, and Tom Greenway were 24th, 28th, and 31st respectively in the Men’s competition.

Steudle impresses at Alpine World Championships before injury curtails campaign

Roy Steudle was the pick of the British athletes in the first week of the Alpine World Championships in Saalbach, taking 29th place in the Men’s Super-G and giving Britain it’s best result in the event since 2009 in the process. He was joined in the top-40 by Owen VInter who skied impressively to come in in 37th spot.

Unfortunately, Steudle’s World Championships campaign subsequently came to a premature end after sustaining an injury in Downhill Training which ruled him out of the main race and also the Team Combined.

Elsewhere in the first week, the British team of Giselle Gorringe, Lois Jackson, Calum Langmuir, and Owen Vinter finished 14th in Team Parallel after a tough draw against an experienced French team, while Gorringe notched a DNF in Super-G after losing a ski early in the race.

Young Guns impress in Schilpario Cross-Country Championships

The future of Britain’s Cross-Country team looks in good hands after an excellent week of performances from the Junior and U23 squads athe World Junior and U23 Cross-Country Championships in Schilpario.

There were impressive results across the week, but highlights came with a tenth placed finish in the Mixed Relay, coming through from a starting position of 16th, and finishing just behind Canada and the USA.

Elsewhere, Tabitha Williams and Gabe Gledhill delivered strong performances in the U23 10k Interval Start, finishing 19th and 20th respectively.

Nightingale grabs maiden Europa Cup victory

Huw Nightingale took a first career Snowboard Cross Europa Cup victory in Reiteralm. In a strong field comprising youthful and experienced SBX competitors, Nightingale raced brilliantly to come through in a tightly contested Big Final to top the podium in a result which marked a first individual podium since coming second and third in Junior races in Isola 2000 in 2021.

Meenagh delivers solid World Championship showing in Pokljuka

Scott Meenagh’s Para Biathlon World Championships campaign finishing 9th, 7th, and 8th across the competition’s three races.

Scott’s final race, the Individual Biathlon, probably came closest to a podium, where one missed shot out of 20 taken proved to be the difference between his top-10 finish and a podium position.

And the rest…

Scott Johns equalled his best ever World Cup result, with the 21-year-old finishing in 30th spot in Val di Fassa…

Cali Carr was the pick of the Moguls team in Deer Valley, the 17-year-old finishing 20th in the individual contest for her best Individual Moguls World Cup result…