Dave Ryding sealed Britain’s finest males’s World Alpine Ski Championships outcome since 1934 by ending sixth within the slalom.
The 38-year-old’s previous-best putting on the World Championship was ninth.
Ryding is the primary British man to complete within the high six since CS Hudson who was fifth 91 years in the past.
“It means lots,” he mentioned. “It simply reveals that you simply by no means surrender and you retain combating.
“It is most likely my final World Champs. I actually wished to take it in and revel in it and that is what I did. It has been an excellent day.”
Ryding was thirteenth after his first run of the day in Saalbach, Austria, however climbed the standings after an outstanding second run.
Switzerland’s Loic Meillard took gold, Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath claimed silver and Germany’s Luis Strasser gained bronze.
Ryding was emotional after the race and thanked his spouse Mandy, saying: “I could not do it with out having such a powerful accomplice at house. She is the explanation I nonetheless do it.”
Ryding, the primary British man to win an occasion on the Ski World Cup in 2022, has represented Nice Britain at 4 Winter Olympics and isn’t ruling out a fifth.
“For those who’d have requested me earlier than the second run, I might have wished to punch you, however I do not know!” he mentioned.
“It is getting actually troublesome, however in some way I am nonetheless capable of put out good performances.
“I belief in my approach and I’ve labored lots on that so I feel that is why I can nonetheless do it at my age as a result of I am very stable nevertheless it’s a good distance away.”
The following Winter Video games happen in February 2026 in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
