Great Britain's Zoe Atkin wins Freestyle Ski World Championships halfpipe gold - 'This means everything to me'
Published 30/03/2025 at 12:40 GMT+1
Great Britain's Zoe Atkin won halfpipe gold at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships on Sunday. It was the 22-year-old's first world gold, having taken silver and bronze at the two previous editions. Elsewhere, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won a historic ice dance bronze medal at the Figure Skating World Championships.
Atkin wins World Championships gold with 'killer run' in Switzerland
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Great Britain's Zoe Atkin won halfpipe gold at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships in Engadin, Switzerland on Sunday.
Having fallen at the end of her opening attempt, the American-born Briton pulled off an exceptional score of 93.50 in her second run to secure victory.
Atkin beat China's Li Fanghui by just 0.50, and finished ahead of third placed Cassie Sharpe (88.00) to claim her first World Championships gold, having won silver and bronze at the two previous editions.
"Oh my god, this means everything to me," said Atkin. "After getting a third and a second, this season I was like 'you know what, I want to go for the gold'.
"So I have put a lot of work in this season. I tried to put my new trick in there. I had a lot of mental blocks, so I was really proud of myself for working through that.
"Then to be able to land it on my second run, with all the pressure on, and become world champion. Oh my god, this means so much to me, I'm so excited."
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Atkin has enjoyed a successful campaign, having also shared the overall women's halfpipe World Cup title with fellow 22-year-old Li.
"I feel amazing - I'm world champion," Atkin added. "I'm going to go celebrate, I'm going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have in my bedroom, I'm going to have a drink out on the patio."
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Fear and Gibson take bronze for GB in Ice Dance at World Championships
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Fear and Gibson win Figure Skating World Championships bronze
Atkin’s victory capped off a successful weekend of winter sports for Great Britain as Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won an ice dance bronze medal at the Figure Skating World Championships in Boston.
It was Great Britain's first world medal in the discipline since 1984, when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their fourth global title.
Having finished fourth in the previous two World Championships, Fear and Gibson earned a total score of 207.11 to finish third behind the USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier.
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