Canadian freestyle skiers Naomi Urness and Dylan Deschamps both won silver medals at the World Cup season-opening big air event on Saturday in Secret Garden, China.
For the 21-year-old Urness, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., it marked the first World Cup medal of her career. She achieved that feat by posting a two-run combined score of 165.75.
Quebec's Naomi Urness claims freeski big air silver for 1st-ever World Cup medal
Great Britain's Kirsty Muir took gold in the women's event with a total of 174.50 points, including a competition-best first run of 91.75, while China's Liu Mengting (165.25) rounded out the podium in bronze position.
On the men's side, Quebec City's Deschamps, 22, scored a combined 178.50 to take silver. American Troy Podmilsak won the event with a score of 185.50, while New Zealand's Luca Harrington (176.00) took bronze.
Quebec City's Dylan Deschamps captures World Cup freeski big air silver
The next freestyle skiing big air event happens next weekend in Beijing.
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