301: Winter Olympics Special #7 | Gold for Team GB

In our latest Winter Olympics Special, we discuss the first ever gold medal for Team GB on snow, after the win in the Team Snowboard Cross, plus we review Dave ‘The Rocket’ Ryding’s final slalom race. 

Host Iain Martin was joined by Olympian and former Team GB Skier X athlete Emily Sarsfield. 

SHOW NOTES

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won Gold in the Team Snowboard Cross (2:00)
Medals = Funding (5:15)
Listen to Iain’s interview with GB Snowsport CEO, Vicky Gosling (6:45)
Listen to Iain’s interview with GB Snowsport Head Coach Pat Sharples (7:30)
Billy Major and Dave Ryding finished 16th and 17th in the Men’s Slalom (8:15)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Dave Ryding in Episode 199 (8:30)
Kirsty Muir qualified in 4th place for the Women’s Ski Big Air (10:15)
Mia Brookes failed to qualify for the Snowboard Slopestyle final (11:00)

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