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Well winter is certainly here! With temperatures as low as -19°C it is pretty cool up in Yongpyong but keeping warm with the hand warmers kindly provided by Olympic village aids.  I am training in Giant slalom on the same course as Mikaela Shiffrin...  just a little slower!

Still feels unreal to be here with all these outstanding athletes!

We arrived yesterday in the Olympic village to a very warm welcome from the Olympic village volunteers and staff. I have already made a few Korean friends!

This morning I had the chance to free-ski on the slope next to the technical alpine course in Yongpyong resort- very steep and well prepared slopes. The snow is amazing!

Huge thanks to all who have believed in me and made this incredible journey possible: my family, my coaches, the Olympic Council of Ireland and Snowsports Association of Ireland.

This week I travelled to the beautiful Dolomites in Italy to race in Downhill and SuperG in the Citizen World Cup races in Passo San Pellegrino. Good fun to be back on the long planks again after a month of cancellations and poor conditions. Happy with my 10th place in Downhill!

Back to training mode in Savoie. Happy to be back on fresh snow after trying to tame the water-injected icy slopes of Kaabdalis.

In the December issue of Stellar Magazine the "My day on a Plate" article features my nutrition programme while in training, cheat meals included!

Thank you Stellar Magazine!

stellar-magazine-tess.pdf (4.13 Mo)

Follow Team Ireland on Instagram: @olympicsirl

Great pictures, amazing athletes.

Just back from Dublin where I attended the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Workshop organised by the Irish Olympic Council and the Sport ireland Institute.

Lovely to catch up with my Alpine friends Pat, Kieran, Cormac and Emma and to meet other athletes from the other snowsports disciplines Thomas, Brendan (Bubba), John and Seamus for a great photoshoot. We all looked grand!

The article by Amy O'Connor in the Irish Times (11th October) "Ireland Winter Olympic hopefuls diverse and freh-faced" can be found here:

https://goo.gl/tX5SGP

Good vibes and sleak turns in El Colorado Chile SAC GS run 2: video in Links: Liens

Some interesting figures- since the launch of this website there have been more than 8200 unique visitors and 25300 page views.

Thank you all for your interest and support! 

Tess Arbez

Adios Argentina, Ola Chile. Downhill and SuperG in El Colorado and La Parva. Beautiful conditions here, the DH race start in La Parva is pretty cool- minus 20°C at 3453m!

The road to PyeongChang 2018 starts this season with two months training and racing in the Southern Hemisphere. After a good few days of heavy snowfall my first races were the National Championship and South American Cup races in Cerro Catedral (Argentina). Very happy here, two personal best FIS point results and two podium finishes in the Under21 category. Vamos!!!

Only a number..... but the result of years of training and hard work. My best ever FIS points, in GS, in Les Menuires.

Just back from an amazing week in St Moritz where I managed to pass both qualifying races in GS and Slalom to compete with the world's best racers in the Championship races, finishing 52nd in Slalom and 59th in Giant Slalom. The Swiss public and organisation were absolutely fantastic. I was very happy to catch up with my team-mates Conor, Cormac and Kieran, and to meet Kelsie. Very proud of this Team Ireland!

This week I travelled South to race in the Pyrenees mountains. in Font Romeu, very close to Andorra and the Spanish border. Results: one podium finish in SL (2nd place) and one in GS (3rd place). 

The Team Ireland selections have been announced for the World Alpine Championships in Saint Moritz (February 5-19 2017). 

I am honoured and proud to be part again of this great team:

Ladies: Tess Arbez, Kelsie Carlette

Men: Cormac Comerford, Conor Lyne, Kieran Norris

In Tignes on January 3rd I raced my first ever Downhill races, and was thrilled by the speed of my skis on the ice. The training on the morning before the race was the first time I had ever tried my Head 210 cms. Let's do it again!

June was a tough month with seven written exams to pass for my Scientific Baccalaureate degree. Now that my high school years are over I am starting a new page in my life, joining Orsatus Ski Racing team for a gap year before starting University.