British history as Bankes and Nightingale win gold

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale made history by becoming Great Britain's first ever mixed team snowboard cross world champions. The pair won by 0.88 seconds from Austria's Jakob Dusek and Pia Zerkhold, while France's Merlin Surget and Chloe Trespeuch came third in a thrilling final.

Ad Nightingale was just 0.07 seconds off the lead when he handed over to Bankes and the 2021 individual world champion dominated the women's field to claim Great Britain's second gold of the championships, following Mia Brookes' slopestyle win on Monday. Snowboard'Look at these scenes here!' — Bankes and Nightingale celebrate stunning team gold2 HOURS AGO «I can't quite believe it,» Bankes said.

«I don't know if it meant more than the singles two years ago, but after yesterday we came out. »The conditions were tricky, but we had great boards and the team had belief in us.