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The Winter Olympics start in a week, Friday February 6th. It’s the final World Cup competitions ahead of The Games. UPDATED

Kirsty Muir secured a third victory and fourth podium for British athletes at the 2026 X Games in Aspen, Colorado, finishing first in the Women’s Freeski Slopestyle.

Zoe Atkin has taken her second career X Games title, winning gold in the Women’s Freeski Superpipe competition. Things are looking rather good for Team GB with the Winter Olympics two weeks away.

GB Snowsport has announced the athletes heading out to Italy to complete in The Games, There are realistic prospects of medals after disappointment four years ago. UPDATED

She took gold in the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle competition in Aspen, Colorado. With the Olympics round the corner she remains one of GB’s brightest medal prospects for Milan-Cortina.

Kirsty Muir has secured the third World Cup victory of her career at the Aspen Freeski Slopestyle World Cup. Zoe Atkin followed it up with a silver in the Freeski Halfpipe in Aspen. UPDATED

GB athletes are competing in FIS World Cup competitions over the coming two weeks. Plus we have results from last week’s competitions.

The snowboarder Zoe Atkin and the telemark skier Jaz Taylor topped their respective podiums. GB’s good start to the World Cup season continues.

The World Cup season is well and truly underway and already GB is in the medals with a gold and a silver.

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale have won Team Snowboard Cross World Cup gold in Cervinia, Italy. NEW

 Zoe Atkin took silver in her first competition of the season at the Secret Garden Freeski Halfpipe World Cup in China.

The International Ski & Snowboard Federation has announced a list of the first nine athletes of Russian or Belarusian nationality who have been granted the status of AIN.

Mia Brookes recorded a fourth career World Cup victory as she finished first in the Beijing Freestyle Snowboard Big Air World Cup. It’s a perfect start for her Olympic season.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has backed appeals by the Russian Ski Association & the Belarusian Ski Union to to facilitate their participation as neutral athletes in qualification events for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. UPDATED

There’s a host of GB snowsport athletes in action this week. Check out who, where and when.

Kirsty Muir took Gold at the Secret Garden Freeski Big Air World Cup, giving her the first podium for a GB Snowsport athlete this season and the first Big Air World Cup victory of her career.

The World Cup season is underway in this Olympic season across multiple disciplines. We look at GB athletes in action and results from last weekend.

Team GB was in Gurgl in Austria on Saturday after the best start to a season last weekend in Levi, Finland, with two British racers in the Top Ten. How did they get on?

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Night Race takes place on, January 7th, 2026. Italy’s oldest alpine skiing classic, 3Tr, has opened its promotional tour in London in the grand surroundings of The Oriental Club. PlanetSKI was among the selected guests invited. 

The race in Levi Finland saw two British racers make the Top Ten, with Laurie Taylor just missing the podium as he finished fourth. It was the first chance to see our GB alpine ski racers in action in this Olympic season after a summer of training. UPDATED

20-year old Luca Carrick-Smith is racing for Team GB in the opening World Cup slalom race in Levi in Finland this weekend. He and his two younger brothers represent an exciting future for GB alpine ski racing. UPDATED

The head of the International Ski & Snowboard Federation, Johan Eliasch, discusses the Olympic season and the upcoming International Olympic Committee decisions regarding the future of the Olympic program after 2026.

The International Ski Federation, FIS, has approved further moves designed to enhance safety  after a number of recent deaths. It comes as the 2026 Winter Olympics takes place in Italy next season.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation has decided not to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in qualifying events ahead of the Olympics that begin next February.

The International Ski & Snowboard Federation has agreed a gene testing policy ahead of Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics season.

The two countries are seeking clarification from the International Olympic Committee, but overall the Olympic sporting status quo remains.

With just 70 days to go until the Olympic flame is lit in Olympia, Greece, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed that preparations have entered the decisive delivery phase.

Italian ski racer Matteo Franzoso has died after a training crash at La Parva, Chile. He suffered a fatal head injury when he was thrown forward into a fence during practice. FIS and Italy’s Ski Federation express condolences. UPDATED

Two-time Olympic gold snowboarding legend Jamie Anderson returns to World Cup competition, balancing motherhood and elite performance, with her eyes firmly set on the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games.

The Austrian great is hoping to race this winter for the Netherlands, his mother’s home country. He tore his ACL in training last winter as he mounted a comeback.