Canadian snowboarder Kaylie Buck earns World Cup silver

Canadian snowboarder Kaylie Buck earned World Cup silver in the women's parallel giant slalom event on Saturday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

The Oakville, Ont., native finished with a time of one minute 17.35 seconds.

Austria's Sabine Payer (1:15.99) defeated Buck to grab gold.

Czechia's Zuzana Maderova (1:16.37) topped Italy's Jasmin Coratti (1:16.49) in the small final to take bronze.

Canada's Buck has some luck, wins her 1st career World Cup snowboard medal

It was by far the best World Cup finish of the season for the 25-year-old Buck.

She finished 23rd last Saturday and 30th on Sunday.