GB announce record Ski & Snowboard squad

Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchnag, Team GB have selected a squad of 25 Ski and Snowboard athletes. 

Eleven will compete in the freestyle skiing events, while 20 year-old Katie Ormerod is the main chance of a snowboard medal in the slope and big air events. 
Katie Ormerod will look for Olympic medals this winter.
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Seven time World Cup medalist Zoe Gillings-Brier, Dave Ryding and cross-country duo Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young are the core of experience in a group that sees half of its members taking part in their first games. 

Full squad & Events;

Alpine skiings: Charlie Guest, Dave Ryding, Laurie Taylor, Alex Tilley. 

Cross-country skiing: Andrew Musgrave, Callum Smith, Annika Taylor, Andrew Young.

Freestyle skiing: Izzy Atkin, Murray Buchan, Rowan Chesire, Alexander Glavatsky-Yeadon, Tyler Harding, Emily Sarsfield, Peter Speight, Katie Summerhayes, Molly Summerhayes, Lloyd Wallace, James Woods.

Snowboarding: Rowan Coultas, Aimee Fuller, Zoe Gillings-Brier, Billy Morgan, Jamie Nicholls, Katie Ormerod. 

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