Millie Knight wins a silver medal

TeamGB won their first medal at the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea today, when Millie Knight secured a silver medal in the visually impaired women’s downhill category.

Together with her guide, Brett Wild, Knight finished 0.86 … Read More

Britain’s paralympic medal hopefuls

As the largest ever Winter Paralympics get underway in freezing conditions in PyeongChang, South Korea, here at FamilySkiNews.com, we’re taking a closer look at some of the British medal hopefuls…

Forty-eight different nations, plus a neutral Paralympic athlete … Read More

Our PyeongChang Olympic highlights

PyeongChang has been an epic Winter Olympics, with more than 2000 athletes from 92 countries competing in over 100 events, including first-time winter games teams from Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. As the Olympic torch is passed from … Read More

Lindsey Vonn ‘retires’ from Olympics

Lindsey Vonn, aged 33, became the oldest woman to win an Olympic alpine medal when she took bronze in the downhill in Pyeongchang last month.  It was her Olympic swansong – she won’t be competing in Beijing in four years.

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Hirscher claims fourth Giant Slalom title in Slovenia

In the Slovenian resort of Kranjska Gora, Austrian Marcel Hirscher has wrapped up the men’s World Cup Giant Slalom title with a race to spare, extending his dominance in the discipline yet further.

Today, just one day after his 29th … Read More

Teenage fun in Beitostølen

Our editor’s son, Timothy, aged 14, has just completed his first solo assignment – skiing in Beitostølen in Norway – as the latest teen-ski correspondent to join the FamilySkiNews team.  Here’s what he had to say:

It was the end … Read More

More athletes banned for drug abuse at the Winter Olympics

As a third competitor – the Slovenian ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic – gets suspended from the Winter Olympics, here at FamilySkiNews.com we’re sad to see that drugs testing is once again stealing the headlines at the Winter Games in … Read More

Winter Olympic medal blows

This Winter Olympics, TeamGB has fronted up a record number of snowsport competitors – 25 athletes will compete across alpine, cross-country and free style alone.  14 of the squad are competing at their first games.  Funding has more than doubled … Read More

Still time for British medals

This Winter Olympics, TeamGB has fronted up a record number of snowsport competitors – 25 athletes will compete across alpine, cross-country and free style alone.  14 of the squad are competing at their first games.  Funding has more than doubled … Read More

Robot ski racing in South Korea

As the world’s top winter sporting athletes compete in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea, robot skiers are also competing at another South Korean ski resort near by, undeterred by the elements…

At the Welli Hilli Park ski area … Read More