{"id":1943,"date":"2021-08-10T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2021-08-10T08:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T08:32:05","slug":"gb-snowsports-look-forward-to-medals-at-beijing-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/gb-snowsports-look-forward-to-medals-at-beijing-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"GB Snowsports look forward to medals at Beijing 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With less than 6 months to go until the <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/beijing-2022\" class=\"broken_link\">Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics<\/a>, GB Snowsport have announced the athletes who will be taking part in World Cup events leading up to the Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including Europa Cup squads there are 69 athletes in total, including six new selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"charlotte bankes\" class=\"wp-image-1491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes-190x130.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes-60x41.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/charlotte-bankes-400x274.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Medal Prospects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopes are high for medals in Beijing after some superb results for Team GB last winter. Highlights included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> &#8211; Charlotte Bankes, Snowboard Cross World Championships<br>2<sup>nd<\/sup> &#8211; Izzy Atkin, Slopestyle, X Games<br>2<sup>nd<\/sup> &#8211; Zoe Atkin, Half Pipe, Aspen World Cup<br>2<sup>nd<\/sup> &#8211; Kirsty Muir, Slopestyle, Aspen World Cup<br>3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2013 Zoe Atkin, Half Pipe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/winter-sports\/56381991\">World Championships<\/a><br>4<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; Oliver Davies, Skier Cross World Championships<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kirsty Muir | 2nd place | Women&#039;s Slopestyle | Aspen | FIS Freestyle Skiing\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zTwnyxrCexI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cPromises to be a landmark year for GB snowsport\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Pat Sharples, GB Snowsport Head Coach, said:\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201c<em>Never before has Britain had such a competitive field of athletes to select from.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cDespite the challenges faced last season, they showed they are capable of putting down world-leading results in some of the toughest competitions.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cThose results, and the squads we\u2019re delighted to announce today, bode well for what promises to be a landmark year for GB snowsport.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to an interview with Pat by The Ski Podcast here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-audioboom wp-block-embed-audioboom\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Audioboom player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7867124\/embed?v=202301#?secret=Gm8t56v4Vh\" data-secret=\"Gm8t56v4Vh\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a privilege to represent your country&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gus Kenworthy has previously won Olympic bronze at Ski Slopestyle when representing the USA at Sochi 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenworthy was born in the UK to a British mother and American father. In 2019, he joined the GB team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cIt is always a privilege to be selected to represent your country.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cWith the Beijing Games coming up, we\u2019re all super-focused on having the best seasons we can, and the support around the freestyle squads means we\u2019ve got a great chance to improve on what we achieved last season.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy.jpg 900w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy-190x90.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy-60x28.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gus-kenworthy-400x189.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gus Kenworthy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte Bankes, Britain\u2019s first Snowboarding World Champion, said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>I can\u2019t wait to get back out into competition as part of a group of incredible athletes representing Great Britain.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Last year was a real high point for me with great results, but neither I nor any of the team plan to take our foot off the gas.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish all our Team GB athletes the best for this winter and will be watching avidly when the Games start in China on Friday 04 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-842x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1945\" width=\"327\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-842x1024.png 842w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-768x934.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-156x190.png 156w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-60x73.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-276x335.png 276w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GB Snowsports World Cup Squads 2021\/22<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moguls:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male:&nbsp;Will Feneley, Thomas Gerken Schofield, Mat\u00e9o Jeannesson<br>Female:&nbsp;Leonie Gerken Schofield, Makayla Gerken Schofield, Skyler Nunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aerials:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male: Lloyd Wallace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ski Cross:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male:\u00a0Oliver Davies<br>Female:\u00a0Emma Peters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Snowboard Cross:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male:&nbsp;Huw Nightingale<br>Female:&nbsp;Charlotte Bankes, Maisie Potter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Freestyle Snowboard:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male:&nbsp;Gabe Adams, Fin Bremner, Billy Cockrell, Glen Ironside, Matt McCormick, Jamie Nicholls, Ethan Smith<br>Female:&nbsp;Mia Brookes, Katie Ormerod<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Freestyle Ski:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male:&nbsp;Tyler Harding, Gus Kenworthy, Chris McCormick, James Woods<br>Female:&nbsp;Isabel Atkin, Zoe Atkin, Connie Brogden, Kirsty Muir, Madi Rowlands, Katie Summerhayes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/gb-snowsports-look-forward-to-medals-at-beijing-2022\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-156x190.png);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-2022_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg_-156x190.png<\/a><p>With less than 6 months to go until the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, GB Snowsport have announced the athletes who will be taking part in World Cup events leading up to the Games. Including Europa Cup squads there are 69 &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/gb-snowsports-look-forward-to-medals-at-beijing-2022\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,333],"tags":[361,377,416,417,274],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}