{"id":1253,"date":"2018-01-25T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2018-01-25T15:57:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T15:57:02","slug":"team-gb-for-pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/01\/team-gb-for-pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Team GB for PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today Team GB’s skiers and snowboarders\u00a0were announced for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. The Games start on Friday 9 February and finish on Sunday 25 February<\/p>\n

This will be Britain’s largest ever alpine team, with 25 athletes taking part – beating the previous record set at Cortina in Italy<\/a> in 1956.<\/p>\n

The average age of team is just 24 and for more than half of them it will be their first Olympics.<\/p>\n

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\nThe full British team for PyeongChang:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alpine Skiing<\/strong>
\nCharlie Guest, 24, Perth, Scotland
\nDave Ryding, 31, Leyland, Lancashire
\nLaurie Taylor, 21, Basingstoke, Hampshire
\nAlex Tilley, 24, Torphins, Scotland<\/p>\n

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Dave Ryding<\/p><\/div>\n

Cross-Country Skiing<\/strong>
\nAndrew Musgrave, 27, Poole, Dorset
\nCallum Smith, 25, Inverurie, Scotland
\nAnnika Taylor, 24, Truckee, USA
\nAndrew Young, 25, Huntly, Scotland<\/p>\n

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Andrew Musgrave<\/p><\/div>\n

Freestyle Skiing<\/strong>
\nIzzy Atkin, 19, Boston, USA
\nMurray Buchan, 26, Edinburgh, Scotland
\nRowan Cheshire, 22, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
\nAlexander Glavatsky-Yeadon, 23, Hong Kong
\nTyler Harding, 21, Halifax, Yorkshire
\nEmily Sarsfield, 34, Durham
\nPeter Speight, 25, Sheffield, Yorkshire
\nKatie Summerhayes, 22, Sheffield, Yorkshire
\nMolly Summerhayes, 20, Sheffield, Yorkshire
\nLloyd Wallace, 22, Bath, Somerset
\nJames Woods, 26, Sheffield, Yorkshire<\/p>\n

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James Woods<\/p><\/div>\n

Snowboarding<\/strong>
\nRowan Coultas, 20, Bedford
\nAimee Fuller, 26, Belfast, Northern Ireland
\nZo\u00eb Gillings-Brier, 32, Douglas, Isle of Man
\nBilly Morgan, 28, Southampton, Hampshire
\nJamie Nicholls, 24, Bradford, Yorkshire
\nKatie Ormerod, 20, Brighouse, Yorkshire<\/p>\n

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Katie Ormerod<\/p><\/div>\n

When to watch the Winter Olympics?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to the time difference if you want to see the Games live you’ll have to get up early in the morning, as Korea is 9 hours ahead of the UK.\u00a0You can watch all events on the BBC Red Button though.<\/p>\n

Who might win a medal?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on form this season and last the best bets for medals are Katie Ormerod and Izzy Atkin, with outside bets being James Woods, Andrew Musgrave, Katie Summerhayes and Dave Ryding.<\/p>\n

The team at Chaletline wish all the British team the best of luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-190x134.jpg<\/a>

Earlier today Team GB’s skiers and snowboarders\u00a0were announced for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. The Games start on Friday 9 February and finish on Sunday 25 February This will be Britain’s largest ever alpine team, with 25 athletes taking part …<\/p>\n

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