In an achievement that's being described as historic, the 23 year old British cross-country skier Andrew Young took bronze in the World Cup event in Italy today.
"First final, first podium, it was an amazing day. I had perfect skis. The whole team worked really hard," saidYoung, adding, "I had worked a lot on the qualification before the winter. Last season I was a lot between 30th and 45th place. I felt strong the whole day. I had a good start and a very good middle part."
Young was competing alongside Andrew Musgrave in the World Cup Freestyle Sprint competition at Toblach in Italy. It's the first medal a Brit has ever won in the event.
The achievement follows a 9th place in last weekend's World Cup race in Davos, pictured above (picture credit Fabien Mauz).
Young, who is from Huntly in Scotland, in 2008 he became the youngest skier ever to compete in a World Cup event.
The two Andrews will race in the 15km Classic tomorrow.
Coincidentally Young's achievement today comes on the same day that the Men's Downhill race was stage in Val Gardena, also in Italy. This was the race in which Britain recorded their greatest ever Alpine World Cup result 34 years ago when Konrad Bartelski finished second in December 1981.
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