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Alessandro Haemmerle lived up to his billing as favourite for the Winter Olympics snowboard cross title in Beijing — but only by a whisker. The three-time crystal globe winner and world silver medallist led Eliot Grondin for most of the race, but a photo finish was needed to confirm the Austrian as the winner.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle won gold at the men's snowboard cross final on Thursday at the Beijing Games, narrowly finishing ahead of Canadian Eliot Grondin in a neck-and-neck final race.
Canada's Éliot Grondin surged to snowboard-cross silver on Thursday at the Beijing Olympics.
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China :American Chloe Kim cemented her position as one of the greats of women's snowboarding with a commanding performance on Thursday to win halfpipe gold at the Winter Games and defend her 2018 Olympic title.
Manon Petit-Lenoir knows how tough snowboard cross can be, but she also knows the joy it can bring.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — No way was snowboarder Chloe Kim taking an easy ride down the halfpipe for her victory lap on her third and final run.
La maga de Sabadell (32 años) estaba feliz tras su éxito aunque reconocía que los fantasmas sobrevolaron su cabeza: “Después de esa primera ronda me han venido todos los nervios, toda la presión, todos los pensamientos de lo importante que es esto para mí y, sin embargo, creo que me ha venido también una fuerza de no sé dónde para sacar después la ronda que tanto tiempo llevo trabajando. Por fin ha salido. La segunda posición detrás de Chloe (Kim), que es una rider y deportista increíble es un honor muy grande y por lo que estoy muy orgullosa”.