Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale have won Team Snowboard Cross World Cup gold in Cervinia, Italy.
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
Pat Sharples - Head Coach, GB Snowsport
“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!
"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."
This result has no bearing on Olympic Qualifying criteria. "In this cycle, FIS opted not to use team SBX events as contributing towards qualification. Charlotte is already well inside the qualification spots, though, and Huw also in barring and major slippages," explained Chris Scott from GB Snowsport.