A number of World Cup gold medallist Kirsty Muir was Workforce GB’s youngest athlete 4 years in the past in Beijing, and on the age of 21 she returns for her second Olympics to compete within the freestyle snowboarding slopestyle and large air alongside Chris McCormick.
Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, who retired after the 2022 Video games however returned to coaching final 12 months, returns to the Olympic stage within the halfpipe alongside Liam Richards, whereas Maisie Hill and Txema Mazet-Brown be part of Brookes in competing in snowboard slopestyle and large air.
Like Ryding, Andrew Musgrave will compete at his fifth Olympics as he participates within the cross-country. He’s chosen alongside Beijing 2022 veteran James Clugnet and debutants Joe Davies and Anna Pryce.
Ollie Davies is Workforce GB’s sole consultant within the ski cross, whereas Makayla Gerken Schofield and Mateo Jeannesson will compete within the moguls.
“Over the previous 4 years, our skiers and snowboarders have proven they’re able to mixing it with the easiest on the planet, and the squad that is heading out for these Video games is an actual reflection of the expertise, grit, and can to win that makes British sport so particular,” stated Vicky Gosling, GB Snowsport chief govt.
UK Sport believes Workforce GB may win between 4 and eight medals at subsequent month’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
The nation’s greatest medal haul at a Winter Video games is 5, achieved at Sochi 2014 and matched in Pyeongchang 4 years later, however Workforce GB got here dwelling from Beijing in 2022 with simply two medals.
The BBC will broadcast greater than 450 hours of reside motion from the Video games, which run from Friday 6 to Sunday 22 February.
