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Week Preview: World championship season gets underway

Week Preview: World championship season gets underway

All eyes on World Championships, while Freestyle World Cup action continues

Alpine World Championships – Saalbach

The Austrian resort of Saalbach plays host to an Alpine World Championships for the first time since 1991, with Britain sending its largest ever contingent of athletes to an Alpine WSC.

Action gets underway today with the Team Parallel featuring Gieslle Gorringe, Lois Jackson, Calum Langmuir, and Owen Vinter, with the schedule then shifting to Super-G, Downhill, Team Combined, and Giant Slalom before closing with the Slalom races on 14-16 February.

Alongside the Team Parallel racers, Roy Steudle, Billy Major, Molly Butler, Abi Bruce, Jack Irving, Dominic Shackleton, Victoria Palla, Reece Bell, Dave Ryding, and Laurie Taylor are all set to compete across twelve days of action.

Viewers in the UK will be able to catch live action from the 2025 Alpine World Championships across BBC Sport.

Alpine world championships – British Line-Up:

  • Reece Bell
  • Abi Bruce
  • Molly Butler
  • Giselle Gorringe
  • Jack Irving
  • Lois Jackson
  • Calum Langmuir
  • Billy Major
  • Victoria Palla
  • Dave Ryding
  • Dominic Shackleton
  • Roy Steudle
  • Laurie Taylor
  • Owen Vinter

Para Biathlon World Championships – Pokljuka

Scott Meenagh will be Britain’s sole representative at the Pokljuka Para Biathlon World Championships, competing in three races across the Championships.

A silver medallist at the 2023 World Championships, Meenagh’s campaign will open with the Biathlon Sprint, followed by the Biathlon Sprint Pursuit and finally the Biathlon Individual.

Biathlon World Championships – British Line-Up:

  • Scott Meenagh

Para Alpine World Championships – Maribor

Weather impact has forced a late change to the Para Alpine World Championships schedule, where Neil Simpson and guides Rob Poth and Andrew Simpson are set for action.

With the Downhill programme cancelled, the Championships will open with Super-G races tomorrow, and will close with Slalom later in the week.

Para Alpine World Championships – British Line-Up:

  • Neil Simpson
  • Rob Poth (Guide)
  • Andrew Simpson (Guide)

Cross-Country World Junior championships – Schilpario

The next generation of Cross-Country skiers are underway in their U23/WJC campaigns in the Italian resort of Schilpario.

Tabitha Williams, Gabriel Gledhill, and James Slimon will feature across the U23 Championships, with Thomas Duncan, Ewan McAdam, Elke Hammerstein, Elspeth Cruickshank, and Sophie Forth set for the Junior Championship races.

Cross-Country World Junior Championships – British Line-Up:

  • Elspeth Cruickshank
  • Thomas Duncan
  • Sophie Forth
  • Gabriel Gledhill
  • Ewan McAdam
  • James Slimon
  • Tabitha Williams

Moguls World Cup – Deer Valley

The North American leg of the Moguls World Cup calendar continues in Deer Valley with a full contingent of British athletes set for action. Makayla Gerken Schofield and Mateo Jeannesson will be looking to build on excellent performances in Val St Come last weekend, joined by Cali Carr and Will Feneley.

Deer Valley Moguls World Cup – British Line-Up:

  • Cali Carr
  • Will Feneley
  • Makayla Gerken Schofield
  • Mateo Jeannesson

Park & Pipe World Cup – Aspen

The Aspen Park & Pipe World Cup concludes with the Freeski and Freestyle Snowboard Big Air competitions following a brace of podiums for Zoe Atkin and Mia Brookes in last week’s Halfpipe and Freestyle Snowboard Slopestyle contests.

Brookes will be joined by Maisie Hill, Tom Greenway, Caoimhe Heavey, Txema Mazet-Brown, Chris McCormick and Kirsty Muir for the final contests of one of the biggest World Cup meets of the season.

Aspen Big Air World Cup – British Line-Up:

  • Mia Brookes
  • Tom Greenway
  • Maisie Hill
  • Caoimhe Heavey
  • Txema Mazet-Brown
  • Chris McCormick
  • Kirsty Muir

Ski Cross World Cup – Val di Fassa

Ollie Davies and Scott Johns will return to Ski Cross World Cup action in Val di Fassa across 6-9 February, marking a first World Cup visit to the Italian resort.

Val di Fassa Ski Cross World Cup – British Line-Up:

  • Ollie Davies
  • Scott Johns

Where to Watch

British audiences can catch live coverage of the Alpine World Championships across BBC Sport and Eurosport, with the Aspen and Deer Valley World Cups available via Eurosport.

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