Britain's Muir Wins Historic World Cup Ski Titles

Kirsty Muir has go nan first British female to triumph World Cup titles successful some freeski slopestyle and wide parkland and pipe.

The 21-year-old Scot vanished 2nd connected Saturday, down location skier Sarah Hofflin, successful nan last slopestyle arena of nan 2025-26 play successful Silvaplana, Switzerland.

Muir's people of 75.54, down 35-year-old Olympic bronze medallist Hofflin (80.07), was capable for her to declare a 3rd consecutive podium, pursuing wins successful Aspen and Tignes.

It pushed her play people to 280 points to clinch nan first slopestyle Crystal Globe of her career, by 68 points from Canada's Elena Gaskell.

Muir besides vanished 3rd successful nan large aerial play standings, connected 219 points, giving her a mixed full of 470 successful nan wide title - which includes slopestyle, large aerial and halfpipe - to hit nearest challenger, Canada's Naomi Urness, by 78 points.

The Aberdonian's landmark wins followed disappointment astatine past month's Winter Olympics successful Milan and Cortina, wherever she vanished 4th successful some slopestyle and large air.

After coming truthful adjacent to a medal, nan X Games champion told BBC Sport aft nan Olympics that it conscionable motivated her to spell connected and execute much successful nan sport.

"I americium really excited to spell and effort and study immoderate caller tricks. I americium excited to spot wherever I tin push myself and wherever I tin push nan sport," she said.

"For nan adjacent 2 years I will spell and do everything that I would for illustration to do and hide astir nan Olympics, and past erstwhile it comes information to qualification again I will get stuck in."