February proved a successful month for multiple Team GB athletes with preparation ahead of Milano Cortina 2026 firmly underway.
Here is the pick of the action:
Atkin claims joint-World Cup glory
Zoe Atkin’s second-place finish in Calgary ensured she shared the overall freeski halfpipe World Cup alongside China’s Li Fanghui.
The 22-year-old Briton – winner is Aspen earlier in February – took the lead in Canada after getting a score of 87.75 points with her first run.
However, Li’s effort of 90.50 in her second run helped her take her first individual event win of the season and ensured she and Atkin would be joint winners.
It was the first time the crystal globe – awarded to the World Cup winner – has been shared by two athletes, both of whom claimed one win, two second-place finishes and a fifth place during the 2024/25 FIS Freeski World Cup.
The pair won the title by five points from China’s Olympic champion Eileen Gu.
Atkin said: “I started off the season kind of a little bit low on momentum, low on motivation.
“I never even expected that I would be able to be on top of the leaderboard at the end of the season.
“So, I was just trying to take it day by day and improve a little bit every day. To be able to get second today and win the Globe with Fanghui is so exciting, I never expected this.”
Fear and Gibson claim ice-skating bronze
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson claimed bronze at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia
The duo was pipped to second place by less than a point by Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France.
It was the third consecutive time the pair had finished on the podium after taking silver at the 2023 and 2024 Championships.
The pairing said after their Free Dance – their final performance of the event: “We were really over the moon with our skate today, especially with the comeback from yesterday, how we geared up mentally and really went for it today with the energy we chose.
“That's the feeling that lasts for us and what we'll take forward. Also, all of the feedback is fuel and motivation to prepare for Worlds."
Weston and Wyatt make it a British one-two
Skeleton athletes Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt made history by finishing first and second overall respectively at the skeleton World Cup – the first time two Brits have occupied both positions in the final standings.
It meant Weston defended the title he won in 2024 after an eighth-place finish in Lillehammer, Norway, put the 27-year-old on 1640 points, enough to secure victory.
Weston said: "I don't think what I have achieved this season and over the past few years has sunk in yet and it probably won't until I retire.
"To have British athletes ranked number one and two in the world when we don't even have an ice track in the UK is amazing really."
Wyatt added: "We couldn't really ask for more than GB being one and two in the world - you can't argue with that.”
Meanwhile fellow British slider Amelia Coltman took silver at the European Championships – her second successive podium.
Double delight for Hall and crew
It was double delight for Brad Hall as he led his four-man crew to overall World Cup bronze a day after taking third place in the two-man event.
Hall was accompanied by Taylor Lawrence, Arran Gulliver and Leon Greenwood in Lillehammer as the quad missed out on second by just two points.
Hall, alongside Lawrence and Greg Cackett, finished 40 points clear of fourth to take the two-man bronze – a first continental podium in 57 years.
Gulliver said: “Winning overall World Cup medals doesn’t come easily but we’ve proved week in, week out that we are among the best there is.
“We’ve shown we can beat the top two German sleds during the year, and we’ve won a medal at almost every time of asking.
“Brad’s driven brilliantly all season, and he did that again.
“We gave him a good start and our times at the top are improving all the time - which is exactly what we want as we look to peak for the Worlds in a few weeks.”
March
Here is the best of the action to look forward to March, with plenty of British talent to look out for.
Ski Mountaineering: ISMF World Championships, Morgins, Switzerland, 2-9 March
Skeleton: World Championships, Lake Placid, USA, 6-8 March
Bobsleigh: World Championships, Lake Placid, USA, 9 March
Speed Skating: World Championships, Hamar, Norway, 13-16 March
Short Track: World Championships, Beijing, China, 14-16 March
Curling: Women’s World Championships, Uijeongbu, Korea, 15-23 March
Bobsleigh: World Championships, Lake Placid, USA, 16 March
Freeski/Snowboard: FIS World Championships, Engadin, Switzerland, 16-30 March
Figure Skating: World Championships, Boston, USA, 25-30 March
Curling: Men’s World Championships, Moose Jaw, Canada, 29 March – 6 April