The desperate cry for help from the Kitzbühel winner

The British alpine team has never been as successful as it was last ski season. Led by leader Dave Ryding, who achieved Britain's first World Cup victory in Kitzbühel, a team is growing that is particularly strong in slalom. And not just for men, but also for women. Despite this rapid upswing, Charlie Guest & Co. are now facing ruin: financial support for snow sports in Great Britain has been massively cut. But how is that possible? After the best ski winter ever? Well: The British governing body GB Snowsport is financially heavily dependent on the government agency UK Sport, which is responsible for investment in sport in the United Kingdom. UK Sport sets up programs every four years, following the Olympic cycle. In the last four years, the authority paid out 345 million pounds for summer sports and 24 million pounds for winter sports. After the Olympic Games in Beijing, a new program has now been defined in which Alpine skiing has to accept tough cuts. For example, the entire European Cup team was disbanded for the new season. The urgent appeal “We are looking for support during the most exciting and successful time in the history of alpine skiing,” wrote Dave Ryding on social media on Tuesday. “We went out there. We won. Now we need your help,” said Guest. If no donor is found in the near future, this could have catastrophic consequences. If you consider that English ski aces, according to information from the specialist portal SciRacing have had to pay up to 30.000 euros out of their own pockets in recent years, the continuation of their careers is sometimes at stake. The next few months will bring certainty.

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The desperate cry for help from the Kitzbühel winner

In January he was the hero of the masses with the sensational and historic victory on the Ganslernhang. Now Dave Ryding and his British team-mates fear for his future.

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