Calgary's Mackay, Fraser claim silver on home snow at freeski halfpipe World Cup

Calgary's Brendan Mackay and Amy Fraser both earned silver medals in front of a hometown crowd in freestyle ski halfpipe World Cup action on Thursday at Canada Olympic Park.

Mackay finished with a top score of 94.25 in the men's competition.

American Alex Ferreira (96.50) claimed gold, while Finland's Jon Sallinen (92.00) grabbed bronze.

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Fellow Calgarian Andrew Longino placed sixth in the event with a high score of 85.25.

Fraser had a top of score of 89.25 on the women's side.

China's Eileen Gu, the reigning Olympic champion, struck gold with 93.25. Great Britain's Zoe Atkin took bronze with a high score of 88.00.

Watch live coverage of the second freeski halfpipe World Cup in Calgary on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.

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