Taylor and Brookes seal World Cup and X Games podiums

Jaz Taylor and Mia Brookes’ excellent seasons continued in MElchsee and Aspen

GB Snowsport athletes were celebrating two more podiums this evening, as Jaz Taylor and Mia Brookes took Gold and Bronze in Telemark World Cup and X Games Slopestyle respectively.

Up first for the day, Taylor’s victory in the Melchsee-Frutt Parallel Sprint World Cup marked her seventh consecutive World Cup podium and her third victory of the season, as she saw off the challenges of Argeline Tan Bouquet and Augustine Carliez, both of France, in second and third respectively.

Taylor’s result strengthens her lead at the top of the overall Telemark standings, as she looks to defend the Crystal Globe that she secured last year.

Speaking afterwards, Taylor said:

“It’s so intense racing head to head and the great thing about it is when you cross the finish line ahead, knowing you’ve won, it’s just the best feeling. Thank you to everyone making this possible!“

The evening’s competition saw Mia Brookes take third as she set out to defend her X Games Slopestyle title, having finished fourth In the previous night’s Big Air contest.

Sitting in first place after the playoff heat, the Finals saw some of the highest quality women’s Slopestyle snowboarding ever recorded in competition, with Brookes securing third place behind Zoi Sadowski-Synott and Kokomo Murase having gone down attempting a gold-medal challenging run at her final attempt.