Britain Targets First Medal for 83 Years in Alpine World Championships
Britain Targets First Medal for 83 Years in Alpine World Championships
Published : 24-Jan-2019 11:59
Great Britain has announced their squad for the upcoming Alpine Skiing Championships which will take place in Are, Sweden between 4 and 17 February next month.
The Championships take place biannually in non-Winter Olympic years.
Three-time Olympian Dave Ryding heads up the squad which is competing between 4 and 17 February and is targeting Britain's first Alpine World Championships medal in 83 years after taking silver in a World Cup Sprint race at New year, his career second and a British record.
Ryding will compete in the men's slalom and alpine team event alongside Laurie Taylor who will also contest the giant slalom.
Fellow World Cup skiers Charlie Raposo (giant slalom, team event) and Jack Gower (giant slalom, downhill, super G, alpine combined) have also been selected in the men's squad along with Billy Major and Zak Vinter (both slalom).
Alex Tilley leads the ladies' squad and will feature in the slalom, giant slalom and team event. Charlie Guest – who along with Ryding, Taylor and Tilley secured an equal-fifth place finish in the Olympic alpine team event in PyeongChang – has been selected for slalom and the team event, while Jess Anderson has been named as a reserve.
2019 WORLD ALPINE SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS (GB Alpine events only)
Wed 6 February: Men's Super G (Jack Gower)
Sat 9 February: Men's Downhill (Jack Gower)
Mon 11 February: Men's Alpine Combined (Jack Gower)
Tue 12 February: Alpine Team Event
Thu 14 February: Ladies' Giant Slalom (Alex Tilley)
Fri 15 February: Men's Giant Slalom (Laurie Taylor, Charlie Raposo, Jack Gower)
Sat 16 February: Ladies' Slalom (Alex Tilley, Charlie Guest)
Sun 17 February: Men's Slalom (Dave Ryding, Laurie Taylor, Billy Major, Zak Vinter)
(Pictured top: Tilley, Taylor, Guest, Ryding at PyeongChang 2018; image credit Andy J Ryan-Team G)
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