Best ever finish for a British athlete in a Cross Country World Cup as Andrew Musgrave finishes 13th in Lillehammer, first ever triple on snow for Aerial skier Lloyd Wallace and finals for Billy Morgan

British Nordic Team skier Andrew Musgrave finished a fantastic 13^th place in the 10km freestyle race at the World Cup in Lillehammer – the best ever finish for a British athlete in a Cross Country World Cup event. He combined this with a 25^th place in the Sprint freestyle final and 50^th in the 15km Classic Pursuit.

For team mate Andrew Young, he scored his best ever points in a World Cup race, finishing 72^nd in the 10km freestyle race. For the women, Posy Musgrave was 90^th in the 5km Freestyle race. Both races were also at the World Cup in Lillehammer.

There was some impressive form from Aerials skier Lloyd Wallace who finished 8^th in the Europa Cup in Ruka, Finland this weekend. The result was Lloyd’s first top 10 in a senior event on snow, and with perfect landings and two twisting doubles the judges gave him a total score of 163.93.This was following a successful week for the Dorset skier, after he landed his first ever triple on snow last Wednesday. You can watch the video on Lloyd’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lloydwal

GB Park and Pipe snowboarder Billy Morgan took on the huge jump in the middle of the Bird’s Nest Stadium at the Beijing Air+Style this weekend. He performed well, making it through to the last 16 where he came up against Max Parrot. Despite scoring a big 84.3 he couldn’t quite match Parrott who made it through to the next round and eventually to the Superfinal where he missed out on the top spot, being beaten by Norwegian rider Emil Ulsletten.

In Alpine Skiing, Charlie Raposo was on the podium in the Copper Mountain National Junior Slalom, taking third spot yesterday. He will continue on the North American circuit with several of the Delancey British Alpine ski team. This weekend sees Dave Ryding compete in the World Cup Slalom in Are (which was rescheduled from Val d’Isere). He will race in the first run at 9.30am UK time on Sunday 14^th December.

This weekend also sees some of the GB Park and Pipe athletes competing in the Dew Tour in Copper Mountain, Colorado. On the invitation list are James Woods and Katie Summerhayes for Ski Slopestyle, Rowan Cheshire for Ski Halfpipe and Jenny Jones, Aimee Fuller and Jamie Nicholls for Snowboard Slopestyle.

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