(Katie and coach Jamie after her silver medal success)
Sheffield-born Slopestyle skier Katie Summerhayes has taken 2nd place in today’s Ski Slopestyle at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Championships in Kreischberg, Austria.
In a historic day for British skiing, the 19 year old, a member of the GB Park and Pipe Team, held off strong competition to win the Silver medal, beaten into 2nd spot by Germany’s Lisa Zimmerman.
Katie was in 2nd place going into the final run after a classy second run, which scored 81.40. She managed to better her standing with a score of 82.80 on the third run, but she could not beat the second run score of Zimmerman, who took the title with a 85.80.. Third place went to Zuzana Stromkova who scored 77.60.
“I’m really stoked, I stepped up each run the way I wanted to. It’s taken a lot of hard work to get here and all the girls put on an awesome performance today, it was a great atmosphere out there!” said Katie.
Park and Pipe Team Coach Jamie Matthew said, “Today’s result is all down to the dedication and hard work Katie has put in throughout the summer and in the build up to these Championships. On a fast, icy course she put in a great performance and I couldn’t be happier with today’s result.”
Katie’s final and best run consisted of 450 out the down rail, front 270 out of the cannon. Switch right 9 Japan (jump 1) left 360 safety (jump 2) rail slide the wall ride to right 7 Japan ( jump 3).
