Part 2 Sliding
Bobsleigh
Men
Brad Hall had an outstanding season. He was third in the two man World Cup standings and won three times to push the Germans close in the four man standings. Added to that Hall won a silver medal at the World Championships – the first time Britain had achieved a place on the podium in a men’s race since 1966.
Women
A lack of money saw the women’s side of the sport being downgraded at the start of the season but there were a few encouraging results at lower levels after the New Year.
Skeleton
Men
Whoever hired the legendary Latvia Martin Dukurs to coach the British men probably has bruises due to being patted on the back so often. After the disappointments of 2021-22 the GB squad came roaring back with new sleds and new attitudes. Matt Weston won 5 of the 8 World Cup races, the World Championships, the European Championships and was ranked #1 in the world. Oddly he didn’t win the World Cup, a bad result caused by the sled slipping out of the starting groove in an early season race having let him down. Teammate Marcus Wyatt won the first race of the season and placed third in the World Cup and fifth at the World Championships. Craig Thompson, who had an indifferent season, had a brilliant streak of form as spring approached and finished in front of Wyatt for fourth place at the Worlds
Women
In the women’s events success did not appear so spectacular, at least not on the surface, although Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley appeared on the World Cup podium during the season and both finished safely in the top ten of the standings despite missing races through illness.
However hot on their heels are juniors Freya Tarbitt and Tabitha Stroecker who were 1-2 in the European Cup standings despite having missed two of the eight races and won medals at both the European and World Junior Championships.
Mixed
Britain also won silver and bronze at the World Championships through their mixed teams.
Luge
Can’t find any report of a British competitor this year at all.
Edited by Dragontypo
Review of GB winter sport 2022-23
Part 1 - Skiing
Alpine Skiing
Men
At 36, Dave Ryding is one of the oldest skiers on tour but is still a regular visitor to the top 20 in World Cup races and scored his 5th career podium finish this year. He finished 16th in the World Cup slalom rankings. Obviously though he can’t go on forever. Billy Major and Laurie Taylor both scored World Cup points but maybe haven’t made the progress we hoped of them. In slalom, Britain is the 7th best country in the world however we only have one more top hundred skier in all the other events.
Women
Pretty much a disastrous winter. Charlotte Guest scored a single points scoring finish all winter which was more than Alex Tilley did. Tilley fell in every race. At 39th at Slalom, Guest in now GB top ranked skier.
Cross-Country Skiing
Men
A good year for Dave Musgrave with another World Cup medal, a top ten finish at the World Championships and he finally cracked the top ten of the World Cup distance rankings.
A solid year individually for Andrew Young and James Clugnet but some great results together in the team sprint including a 6th place at the World Championships.
Lower down the ladder a small injection of talent from the Canadian junior system may mean GB can field a relay team next year.
Women
Luckily that injection of talent from Canadians with GB parentage should kick in next winter. Really need some.
Biathlon
Marcus Webb finished 104th in the sprint race at the World Championships and that’s it really…
Freestyle Skiing
Men.
There’s nothing wrong with the men’s side of the sport in the UK, it’s just that it seems a bit Meh compared to what the women are doing. In fairness Oliver Davies did win GB’s first ever World Cup ski cross medal in February and World Juniors mogul medallist Mateo Jeannesson made a breakthrough this winter but mostly the GB men are good enough to be picked for a world championships but not to reach a final
Women
Is it wrong to be disappointed by the fact that GB only won a single silver at the World Championships? Zoe Atkin was so close to gold in the halfpipe, Kirsty Muir, even at just 18, looks like she will be a major contender in slopestyle and big air for the next decade (barring injuries) and Gerken-Schofield is a regular top 10 finisher in moguls.
Edited by Dragon
typo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/64853103
Finally got reported on
ExpandPotentially the greatest winter sports day in the history of British sport coming right up!
07:00 Ski Halfpipe World Champs from Georgia - Zoe Atkin qualified third
09:00 World Junior Curling Championships from Germany - Scotland Women in the Final
09:30 Snowboard Big Air World Champs from Georgia - Mia Brookes qualified first
12:15 Ski Big Air World Champs from Georgia - Kirsty Muir qualified first
14:00 World Junior Curling Championships from Germany - Scotland Men in tonight's Semis.
And you didn't even mention the speed skating... 
https://www.wsportsalliance.com/news/tabby-stoecker-british-skeleton-rising-star
Interesting story from the world of skeleton
The sensational GB run of success in winter sport continues...
Silver for Brad Hall at the World Bobsleigh Championship 4 man event
Gold for Charlotte Bankes in World Cup snowboardcross
Silver for Kirsty Muir in World Cup freestyle skiing Slopestyle
Bit more obscure but Jasmin Taylor wins a world cup bronze in Telemark Skiing
World Cup silver for Zoe Atkin in the freestyle halfpipe in the US
Gold for Matt Weston in the Skeleton World Cup in Lake Placid.
Marcus Wyatt 4th
Silver for Brad Hall in the 4 man Bob World Cup race in Canada.
The bobsleigh and skeleton teams are really on form so far
A round up of the Bobsleigh/Skeleton World Cup in Canada so far
Men's skeleton
GOLD Marcus Wyatt(first WC win of career)
BRONZE Matt Weston (3rd WC podium)
15th Laurence Bostock (best WC finish - although since there were only 15 starters it's not much of an achievement)
Women's Skeleton
SILVER Brogan Crowley (first WC Podium)
14th Laura Deas
Women's Monobob
No entry
Men's 2 man bob
SILVER Hall and Taylor (Hall's 9th WC Podium, Taylor's 4th - equals GB's best finish in 2 man since Nick Phipps won a WC race in 1985)
ExpandScottish men continue to dominate - now up to 7-0 and certain to qualify for the Semis. Women are 3-4 - safe from relegation but will need a whole lot of luck to qualify.
Re - the women.
You mean qualify for the semi-finals or qualify for the World Champs?
Updates on GBR in skeleton and bobsleigh
In bobsleigh, Brad Hall has got off to a decent start to the season by finishing 2nd in the 2 man event then winning the 4 man race North American Cup races in Whistler . Small fields but the US, Canadians and Swiss were represented by strong crews.
In skeleton Jacob Salisbury and Craig Thompson have both had a 3rd and a 6th in the 2 Inter-Continental Cup (2nd tier) races in Norway. Amelia Coltman had 2 6ths in the women's races
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Part 3 Ski Jumping
Ski Jumping
The two GB jumpers who competed last winter didn't compete this winter.
Nordic Combined
And one of them didn't compete at Nordic combined either...
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