Snowboarder Grondin claims bronze, ends World Cup season with 2nd straight podium
The final race of the men's World Cup snowboard cross season came down to another photo finish and it was Canada's Éliot Grondin who took bronze.
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Five World Cup wins in a row for Bankes with Veysonnaz victory
Charlotte Bankes won her fifth World Cup title in a row with victory in the women's snowboard cross in Veysonnaz. Bankes survived a scare in the final as she landed on Australian Josie Baff's board midway through the race, before fighting back to take the win. Ad In the men's race, Martin Noerl of Germany kept his bid for the Crystal Globe alive with the victory as Spain's Alvaro Romero claimed a first World Cup podium.
Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships: Eva Adamczykova, Jakob Dusek win snowboard cross gold
Eva Adamczykova soared to a sensational gold at the snowboard cross World Championships in Bakuriani following a challenging year. The 29-year-old from the Czech Republic reclaimed the title she last won in 2019 after breaking both of her ankles just two months out from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics last year. Ad Australia's Josie Baff pipped Olympic champion Lindsey Jacobellis to silver whilst France's Manon Petit Lenoir fell short for fourth.
Adamczykova and Dusek grab snowboard cross world gold
Eva Adamczykova soared to a sensational gold at the snowboard cross World Championships in Bakuriani following a challenging year. The 29-year-old from the Czech Republic reclaimed the title she last won in 2019 after breaking both of her ankles just two months out from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics last year. Ad Australia's Josie Baff pipped Olympic champion Lindsey Jacobellis to silver whilst France's Manon Petit Lenoir fell short for fourth.
Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff in painful crash during Winter Olympics team event
Belle Brockhoff has been cleared of serious injury after being tobogganed off the course having crashed during the mixed team snowboard cross event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Australian snowboard cross team faces up to disappointing Beijing Winter Olympics after both teams crash in team event
Australia's two mixed snowboard cross teams crashed out in the same quarter-final at the Beijing Winter Olympics, with Belle Brockhoff taken to hospital for scans.
Winter Olympics 2022 – Charlotte Bankes shows class in stunning QF race but misses out on team snowboard cross medal
Charlotte Bankes displayed her champion quality in the mixed team snowboard cross event but was unable to help Team GB reach the big final at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Teaming up with Huw Nightingale, Bankes was aiming to bounce back from the disappointment of exiting at the quarter-final stage of the women’s event earlier in the Winter Olympics.
Heartbroken Aussie snowboarder Jarryd Hughes cops double blow in Beijing 2022 mixed team selection snub
Team officials have left reigning world champion Jarryd Hughes out of Australia’s mixed snowboard cross team after below par form in the men’s event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, opting instead for Cameron Bolton to partner Belle Brockhoff.
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