Canadian freestyle skiers Naomi Urness and Dylan Deschamps secured silver medals at the inaugural big air event of the World Cup season in Secret Garden, China. Urness, aged 21 from Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, clinched her first-ever World Cup medal by earning a combined score of 165.75 from two runs.
In the women’s category, Kirsty Muir from Great Britain claimed gold with a total of 174.50 points, highlighted by a remarkable first run of 91.75. Liu Mengting of China secured the bronze position with a score of 165.25.
On the men’s side, 22-year-old Deschamps from Quebec City grabbed the silver medal with a combined score of 178.50. The event was won by American Troy Podmilsak with 185.50 points, while Luca Harrington from New Zealand took the bronze with a score of 176.00.
Additionally, the snowboard big air event at Secret Garden saw Canadian teenager Eli Bouchard narrowly miss the podium in the men’s competition, finishing fourth with a score of 153.75. Chinese athletes Su Yiming and Ge Chunyu claimed gold and silver, respectively, while Japan’s Ryoma Kimata secured the bronze.
In the women’s snowboard event, Japanese athletes swept the podium, with Mari Fukada emerging victorious with a score of 156.75, followed by Reira Iwabuchi and Miyabi Onitsuka in second and third place, respectively.
