Team GB for PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics announced

Earlier today Team GB’s skiers and snowboarders were announced for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. The Games start on Friday 9 February and finish on Sunday 25 February

This will be Britain’s largest ever alpine team, with 25 athletes taking part – beating the previous record set at Cortina in Italy in 1956.

The average age of team is just 24 and for more than half of them it will be their first Olympics.

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The full British team for PyeongChang:

Alpine Skiing
Charlie Guest, 24, Perth, Scotland
Dave Ryding, 31, Leyland, Lancashire
Laurie Taylor, 21, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Alex Tilley, 24, Torphins, Scotland

Dave Ryding

Cross-Country Skiing
Andrew Musgrave, 27, Poole, Dorset
Callum Smith, 25, Inverurie, Scotland
Annika Taylor, 24, Truckee, USA
Andrew Young, 25, Huntly, Scotland

Andrew Musgrave

Andrew Musgrave

Freestyle Skiing
Izzy Atkin, 19, Boston, USA
Murray Buchan, 26, Edinburgh, Scotland
Rowan Cheshire, 22, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Alexander Glavatsky-Yeadon, 23, Hong Kong
Tyler Harding, 21, Halifax, Yorkshire
Emily Sarsfield, 34, Durham
Peter Speight, 25, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Katie Summerhayes, 22, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Molly Summerhayes, 20, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Lloyd Wallace, 22, Bath, Somerset
James Woods, 26, Sheffield, Yorkshire

James Woods

Snowboarding
Rowan Coultas, 20, Bedford
Aimee Fuller, 26, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Zoë Gillings-Brier, 32, Douglas, Isle of Man
Billy Morgan, 28, Southampton, Hampshire
Jamie Nicholls, 24, Bradford, Yorkshire
Katie Ormerod, 20, Brighouse, Yorkshire

Katie Ormerod

When to watch the Winter Olympics?

Due to the time difference if you want to see the Games live you’ll have to get up early in the morning, as Korea is 9 hours ahead of the UK. You can watch all events on the BBC Red Button though.

Who might win a medal?

Based on form this season and last the best bets for medals are Katie Ormerod and Izzy Atkin, with outside bets being James Woods, Andrew Musgrave, Katie Summerhayes and Dave Ryding.

The team at Chaletline wish all the British team the best of luck!

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