So far, Ryding has achieved seven finishes on the platform at the World Cup, crowned his historical gold in the Kitzbuhel race.
In the aftermath of this race, Ryding said that he “never stopped faith, and never stopped trying” – as he drew “the northern beloved” and his determination to upgrade to the top of sport, despite the difficulties that are being stacked against him.
Unlike most of his global peers, Ryding is not raised on snow.
His first skiing experience came on a six -year -old on a dry plastic slope in Bandal, Lancashire, while he did not train on snow until he was 13 years old. He continued to drought in the early twenties.
He had a late penetration to the upper sports circles, and got the first World Cup points a few weeks ago from his twenty -sixth birthday and did not add more than two years after that.
In Kitzbuhel, Austria, he stood on the World Cup for the first time with Silver in 2017, while his latest medal, bronze, in Madonna de Campilio, Italy, came in December 2023.
The best in the Olympic Games is the ninth in Pyeongchang 2018, but Ryding feels that he “left something on the table” in the games, where you will see his three -year -old daughter Nina.
“I think the ninth is not a real reflection of my ability,” he said.
Last season, Ryding will train with his teammate Billy Megone, 28, and Lori Taylor, 29. They have large shoes to fill them, but they followed the paths that moved the British skiing to a completely new level.
“Children publicly hear and talk naturally about the World Cup platform, it makes me almost laugh, because this is the nuts,” Ryding said.
“I don't necessarily go to the race to think about the platform, but the next generation is definitely thinking about it.
“The belief that I was given to the next generation, I see it completely, and I am really excited to see what becomes in the next twenty years.”
