In a world where it seems to best freestyle skiers and snowboarders are getting to be younger and younger teenagers, there's some hope for older snow sports competitors with the news that 42-year-old Austrian snowboarder Andreas Prommegger has become, it's believed, the oldest world champion in snow sports history.
Prommegger took gold in the parallel slalom on Tuesday at the World Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships currently taking place in Bakuriani, Georgia.
Speaking afterwards Prommegger, who has been on the World Cup circuit for more than 26 years, said he always believed he could win, but hadn't expected to.
The previous oldest winner was another Austrian, Claudia Riegler, who won the 2015 World parallel giant slalom age 41.