It’s Snowboard Gold for Team GB!
The result marks Bankes and Nightingale’s third Team SBX World Cup medal and sits alongside their Gold medal at the 2023 World Championships as a fourth major podium for the pair.
The team qualified in second spot from their quarter final draw before taking first place in the semi-final stage to secure Big Finals qualification alongside Italy, France, and Germany.
Sitting in a strong third position after the men’s run of the Big Final, Charlotte Bankes then dominated the women’s run to seal victory with Italy second and France in third place.
The Cervinia World Cup marked Bankes’ first appearance on snow after a major collarbone injury sustained at the end of last season.
Final Podium:
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Great Britain – 2. Italy – 3. France
“To see all the hard work from this summer’s training paying off from Huw as well as this being Charlotte’s first race back since injury, this was quite the victory,” said the head coach for GB Snowsport, Pat Sharples.
“I could not be prouder of the whole team from the athletes to the whole coaching and performance team who’ve been working tirelessly to prepare for this. Exciting times moving forward.”
“We came here and we didn’t have any expectations, and yesterday didn’t quite go to plan but I knew I was fast and that was kind of a good step first,” said Charlotte.
“Then today, Huw’s been riding super well in training, it didn’t pay off for qualis but to see him riding like that today I didn’t have a choice but to pull it off, because he just smashed it.”
Huw Nightingale added:
“Me and Charlotte take a team event day with a lot of fun, and I think that’s why we do so well in them because we just have a good time.
“We take each race how it comes.
“It’s been good to race with all the guys, the team around us has helped us a lot, and it’s really good to see Charlotte on top form again.”
It’s been quite a weekend for Team GB:
Zoe Atkin. Image c/o GB Snowsport
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