STONEHAM, Que. — The Canadian team’s run of gold medals in parallel giant slalom on the FIS World Cup snowboard tour this season came to an end at four Sunday, but the podium streak is still alive.
World champion Jasey Jay Anderson of Mont-Tremblant, Que., won the bronze medal, defeating Switzerland’s Marc Iselin. Austrians Benjamin Karl and Andreas Prommegger finished 1-2, respectively.
“The conditions were really difficult for me,” Anderson said in a news release. “The conditions were icy, and usually I like to do some nice turns with forgiving snow. This was technical riding with controlled skids. It was really intense, and I felt like in a battle field.”
Karl defeated Anderson in the semifinals and won for the first time since the season-opening event in Argentina in September. He leads the overall World Cup standings with 4,260 points, followed by Anderson with 3,800 and Prommegger with 3,280.
Toronto’s Michael Lambert, one of three different Canadians to win parallel giant slalom World Cup gold medals this season, finished seventh Sunday and fell to fourth in the standings with 2,940 points. Anderson has won two World Cup races this year and Matt Morison of Burketon, Ont., has won one.
Pat Farrell of Oakville, Ont., was 21st Sunday, Darren Gardner of Burlington, Ont., ended up 43rd, Richard Evanoff of Pickering, Ont., placed 45th, one spot ahead of Steve Barlow of Courtice, Ont., and Sebastien Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., was 50th. Matthew Carter of Maryhill, Ont., was disqualified.
In the women’s event, Russians Svetlana Boldykova and Alena Zavarzina took the top two spots on the podium, with France’s Nathalie Desmares third.
Caroline Calve of Aylmer, Que., was seventh, her best result of the season.
“The conditions were a little bit rough throughout the course. The blue course was really icy. My board skipped a few times during the last four gates, and that where I lost the 0.01 seconds,” Calve said after quarter-final loss to Boldykova.
Ekaterina Zavialova of Calgary was 20th, Kimiko Zakreski of Calgary placed 24th, Zoe Rubin of Montreal finished 41st and Alexa Loo or Richmond, B.C., and Marianne Leeson of Burlington were both disqualified.
Source:montrealgazette.com/s
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