Canadian freestyle skier McEachran wins bronze medal at World Cup slopestyle event

Evan McEachran scored a bronze medal at the World Cup freestyle skiing slopestyle competition in Laax, Switzerland, on Saturday.

The native of Oakville, Ont., was in fifth place after his first run, but scored a second-round best 82.70 points to climb onto the podium.

Norway's Birk Ruud (85.08) won gold while Austria's Matej Svancer (84.08) took silver.

Canada's McEachran grabs World Cup freeski slopestyle bronze medal in Laax

On the women's side, China's Eileen Gu won gold with a score of 85.13. American Maarin hamill (71.38) and Austria's Lara Wolf (67.85) rounded out the podium with silver and bronze, respectively.

The top Canadian was Elena Gaskell, of Vernon, B.C., who finished fifth with a top score of 62.75.