Results Round-Up: Halfpipe and Telemark podiums headline strong week

GBS athletes add sixth and seventh podiums in final pre-Christmas competitions

Atkin takes gold, Kenworthy and Richards impress in Copper

Zoe Atkin delivered another standout performance for her second career victory in Copper Mountain, while Gus Kenworthy and Liam Richards both impressed in an enthralling pair of Freeski Halfpipe World Cup contests in the US resort.

Atkin, the reigning Halfpipe World Champion, was in imperious form, leading all the way through qualification and Finals to seal victory, while a dramatic men’s Finals saw Kenworthy finish fourth and only marginally off the podium, with Richards finishing in ninth spot to take a first career World Cup top-10 berth.

Taylor takes first World Cup victory of 25/26 season in Pinzolo

Jaz Taylor‘s continued run of success on the Telemark World Cup tour saw her add a first World Cup podium of the season with victory in the second of the weekend’s double-header Sprint World Cup races in Pinzolo. Taylor, who boasts back-to-back overall Crystal Globes, had already recorded a battling fourth-place finish in the first of the weekend’s races before coming through victorious in an incredibly tight contest to stand on the top of the podium for the seventh time since the beginning of the 2024/25 season.

Davies pick of the bunch in hectic Ski Cross season

Ollie Davies was the standout performer for British Ski Cross World Cup entrants over a three-race week in Arosa and Innichen, taking 12th spot in the Arosa World Cup and 31st in the second of the Innichen meets. Scott Johns finished just outside the top-30 with a strong 34th place showing in Arosa, while Tommy Dade and Andrew Wilson made overall and British World Cup debuts across the week, with Dade 59th in Arosa and Wilson 48th and 44th in Innichen.

Two in the top-20 in Alta Badia Slalom

Dave Ryding and Laurie Taylor rounded out their pre-Christmas racing with top-20 finishes in the Alta Badia Slalom World Cup, while Billy Major was unfortunate to finish just outside the top-30 after the first run despite a bout of illness in the build-up to the event.

15th for Ryding and 18th for Taylor marked decent results in a tricky race where the second run in particular threw up significant drama throughout, and caps an impressive first half of the season from the British Slalom team which has seen all three members of the Men’s Slalom World Cup team battling for the top spots on a regular basis.

And the rest…

Neil Simpson and Rob Poth were unfortunate to record a DNF when well-placed on their first Para Alpine World Cup race of the season in St. Moritz…

Aaron Wild, Siddhartha Ullah, and Sam Gaskin put up battling showings in the Copper Mountain Halfpipe Snowboard (Wild, Ullah) and Freeski (Gaskin) World Cups…

Luca Carrick-Smith‘s World Cup career continued with another start in Alta Badia, in a week in which brother Freddy recorded British history with a first ever Europa Cup GS victory for British Alpine racers…