1st February 2018
28 RUSSIANS HAVE OLYMPIC BAN OVERTURNED
The winter athletes who were banned from the Olympics for life for doping offences at Sochi have had their suspensions overturned. The IOC has condemned the decision.
1st February 2018
The winter athletes who were banned from the Olympics for life for doping offences at Sochi have had their suspensions overturned. The IOC has condemned the decision.
30th January 2018
Scottish snowsports have received a big financial boost to promote Scotland as a destination of choice for skiing and snowboarding. NEW
28th January 2018
Izzy Atkin takes silver in the women’s Ski Slopestyle and James Woods bronze in the ski Big Air. Check out how other GB athletes did too. UPDATED
25th January 2018
GB’s squad of Winter Olympian skiers and snowboarders is pretty much as expected, but there’ll be a few disappointed athletes out there. We look behind the headlines.
25th January 2018
An independent investigation has been ordered after a female snowboarder made allegations of bullying and discrimination in British Parasnowsport.
25th January 2018
The skiers & snowboarders have been announced. It’s a record number: 25 athletes will compete across alpine, cross country + freestyle.
24th January 2018
On a wild and windy weekend in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, the second leg of the ISMF took place. NEW
23rd January 2018
The selectors have met and on Thursday we’ll know which skiers and snowboarders will represent Team GB at the Winter Olympics. NEW
20th January 2018
The GB slalom racer was in action in the night race at Schladming. It follows a Top 10 in Kitzbuehel including the fastest run of any racer. UPDATED
20th January 2018
They’ll compete in 5 disciplines & 3 sports including alpine skiing. The two Koreas will march together at the Opening Ceremony with a joint ice hockey team. NEW
15th January 2018
Freestyle skier Izzy Atkin and Telemark’s Jasmin Taylor picked up a pair of podiums each at the weekend.
13th January 2018
The GB slalom specialist Dave Ryding blamed only himself after a bad day racing in Wengen on Sunday. NEW & UPDATED
12th January 2018
Izzy Atkin takes bronze in the Slopestyle at Aspen as World Cup events across the discipines continue. NEW & UPDATED
10th January 2018
An ‘Olympic participation meeting’ for North and South Korea has been called by the IOC. NEW
9th January 2018
Great Britain is aiming for its most successful Winter Olympics ever and has set a target of two medals for snowsports. NEW
8th January 2018
The announcement was made during talks between North & South Korea. It’s seen as a major breakthrough. UPDATED
7th January 2018
GB’s No1 ski racer continued his busy start to 2018 with a World Cup race at Adelboden in Switzerland. Other Brits were also in action. NEW & UPDATED
5th January 2018
Nine skiers and snowboarders have been selected to represent GB but there’s no place for Britain’s first Winter Paralympic gold medallist, Kelly Gallagher. NEW
20th December 2017
Russia has been warned there’s a strong likelihood the country will be banned from the Paras at Pyeongchang with a final decision due next month.
19th December 2017
Our snowsports athletes can enjoy a few days relaxation over Christmas as they have started the season well across many disciplines.
19th December 2017
Rowan Cheshire is one of Britain’s few elite halfpipe skiers. Injury put her out of Sochi and now after another lay-off she’s targeting Pyeongchang.
19th December 2017
GB Paralympic skier Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jennifer Kehoe have now picked FOUR World Cup medals in as many days. NEW & UPDATED
15th December 2017
Cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave had the best race of his career, landing his first full World Cup podium in the 15km free event in Italy. UPDATED
14th December 2017
The GB freestyle snowboarder is at the top of his game and heading towards his second Winter Olympics. Can he reach the final again, or more?
12th December 2017
Russia’s athletes are planning to compete under a neutral flag at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. NEW
10th December 2017
The British skier said it wasn’t his day after finishing 19th at the World Cup slalom in the French resort. PlanetSKI spoke to him after the race.
9th December 2017
Congratulations to our GB paraskier who was runner-up in the 2017 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. UPDATED
8th December 2017
Slalom specialist Dave Ryding and Cross Country’s Andrew Musgrave are the headline British acts in a series of World Cup events this weekend. NEW
7th December 2017
President Putin has said the athletes can compete at Pyeongchang. The IOC has banned Russia after systematic doping at Sochi 2014.
7th December 2017
The Northern Hemisphere World Cup season for the two disciplines has begun in the USA and Europe and GB athletes are at both. NEW
7th December 2017
We’re in the French Alps this weekend and first up is a bit of world-class slalom action in Val d’Isere. NEW & UPDATED
5th December 2017
Thirty school pupils have skied for the first time after winning a competition run by the affordable sports retailer, Decathlon. PlanetSKI tagged along.
5th December 2017
They have been expelled following widespread doping at Sochi 2014 though clean athletes can compete as individuals under the Olympic flag. UPDATED
4th December 2017
On Tuesday Russia will hear if it can take part in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics following the Sochi drugs scandal. NEW
4th December 2017
And they’re both thanks to British Telemark skier Jasmin Taylor, who’s started the season as she means to go on. PlanetSKI has all the weekend’s results.
4th December 2017
GB Ski Cross racer, Emily Sarsfield, goes into the World Cup season aiming to get to a Winter Olympics at the third attempt. She’s been speaking to PlanetSKI.
30th November 2017
Great Britain’s four-man bobsleigh team at the 2014 Winter Olympics are likely to be awarded the bronze medal after originally finishing fifth.
30th November 2017
The event aimed at getting more schoolkids into snowsport is back and hoping to capitalise on interest in next year’s Olympics. NEW
30th November 2017
A ski centre in London’s Chiswick has re-opened as a new concern after the previous business went bust in the summer. NEW
30th November 2017
Thirteen British Ski and Snowboard athletes will compete at World Cup events this weekend with the non-Olympic discipline of Telemark starting its season. NEW
29th November 2017
The long neglected ski centre destroyed by fire is to be rebuilt as part of a £22.5m sports centre development.
28th November 2017
A dispute has broken out between snowsports enthusiasts and the company that runs Cairngorm Mountain. Some plan a boycott this winter. NEW
28th November 2017
British Ski and Snowboard is to trial a new type of artificial snow at the Scottish resort Lecht 2090 this winter. NEW
28th November 2017
Katie Summerhayes has had her best World Cup result in four years. The GB Slopestyle skier tells PlanetSKI the Winter Olympics is coming at the right time.
27th November 2017
A host of GB skiers & snowboarders competed in 5 events across 3 continents this weekend and picked up a medal. Check out the results. NEW
27th November 2017
A host of GB skiers & snowboarders competed in 5 events across 3 continents this weekend and picked up a medal. Check out the results. NEW
26th November 2017
Katie Summerhayes has achieved her best World Cup result in almost four years, taking silver in the Ski Slopestyle in Stubai, Austria. NEW & UPDATED
25th November 2017
The visually-impared skier makes the final 10 for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2017. She’s been speaking to PlanetSKI. NEW
24th November 2017
Five countries and five World Cup events for GB snowsports athletes this weekend. NEW
23rd November 2017
The small resort in Les3Vallees has lots going on this winter, including a gaming weekend, gay ski week and yoga in the mountains.
22nd November 2017
The man who helped take British snowsports from despair to success on the world stage is to leave his post after the Winter Olympics.
22nd November 2017
It is strange one but organisers hope it sends a message of hope for the upcoming Winter Olympics. What do you think? NEW
21st November 2017
It’s the season’s first Ski Slopestyle World Cup this weekend and GB’s Tyler Harding will start his bid to get to the Winter OIympics. PlanetSKI speaks to him.
17th November 2017
94 nations are interested in competing at Pyeongchang but with poor ticket sales spectators are expected to be down. NEW & UPDATED
14th November 2017
The United Nations has agreed a truce aimed at ensuring a safe and secure Winter Olympics and Paralympics in South Korea. NEW
14th November 2017
She’s targeting two medals at the Winter Olympics & few would bet against her. Snowboarder Katie Ormerod talks to PlanetSKI.
13th November 2017
The alpine skier David Poisson, who died in a fall in training in Canada, is said to have crashed through safety netting and hit a tree.
12th November 2017
GB’s Dave Ryding was on course for a historic win after leading the first run. In Milan Katie Ormerod won silver. UPDATED
9th November 2017
Two of Britain’s best hopes for the Winter Olympics, Dave Ryding and Katie Ormerod, are among seven GB skiers and snowboarders in action this weekend. NEW
8th November 2017
Three of Scotland’s snowsports areas are guaranteeing snow this winter. They’re using snow factories on some slopes.