Four
plucky former BSA trainees knocked out Team USA in Saturday morning's Olympic
Alpine team event, and were then only two tenths off beating the Norwegian team
(the eventual bronze medal winners). An
inspired performance from Alex Tilley, Laurie Taylor, Charlie Guest and Dave
Ryding, who finished in joint
fifth
place. Putting that alongside Dave's ninth place in the Olympic
slalom, only half a second from bronze, and Laurie's 26th place, that's our
best Olympic showing in sixteen years.
Back
in the day these rockstars logged a total of 150 weeks of ski academy training
between
the four of them. Dave is a wee bit of a ringer on Team BSA with only a
few weeks logged, but hey, we'll take him. We are immensely proud of these
athletes and look forward to presenting them with training awards of £2500 each
when they get home, courtesy of the BSA 2018 Olympic Auction. Many thanks to
everyone who supported the fundraiser. You are helping to keep our senior racers
on the road and improving opportunities for junior races with an even better ski
academy.
