Winter X Games, Tignes re-capFriday saw the last day of competition at the Winter X Games in Tignes
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Following her incredible run of Golds there were high hopes for UK rider Jenny Jones in the Women's Slopestyle and also for Brit Jamie Nicholls in the Men's but it was not destined to be their days. Jenny did take 8th in slope but Jamie had a tough time and crashed on both of his runs in the two-run final.
Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe
Louie Vito (22 years old) took home the gold medal in the final of the Winter X Games Snowboarding’s main event: the SuperPipe. Iouri Podladtchikov, the Russian born Swiss rider and defending gold medallist came second followed by Christian Haller (CH). This was Christian’s first Winter X Games medal.
After his third place in Aspen at the beginning of the year, Friday's winner the Bellefontaine Ohio native, superseded his fellow competitors with a second run scored 93 points and included a back-to-back double cork 1080. For Iouri Podladtchikov, who didn’t compete in Aspen this January due to an injury, this silver medal confirms that he can throw the biggest tricks and can step up when under pressure. The Moscow native incidentally said that this was his “best day of snowboarding this year”. His Swiss Olympic team-mate completed the podium.
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Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle: highest score of Winter X Games Europe for Chas Guldemond
After a phenomenal first run that was awarded 98 points, everyone thought that Sebastien Toutant (CAN) had all but killed the final. This was true until Chas Guldemond's second run, that was declared ‘close to perfection’ by the judges who awarded Chas 99.33 points after painstakingly studying his run. A score that was synonymous of a Gold medal and a first victory for the American. Chas also created history by earning the highest score of the Winter X Games Europe and one of the highest scores in the Winter X Games history. Completing the podium behind Sebastien Toutant came the Breckenridge resident Eric Willet in third place. After winning the final in Tignes last year, and the US Open just last week, Willet continued his winning streak with the bronze medal on Friday.
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Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle: Jamie Anderson does it again
The American rider Jamie Anderson took first place in the women’s Snowboard slopestyle. She did it with a consistent run that scored 95.33 points. It was the third gold medal in a Winter X Games event for the amazing 20-year-old Californian that has won almost everything this year: the TTR tour (that she had already won last year), the Mammoth grand-prix and the Arctic Challenge. Her worst result this year is a third place in Aspen in January! As the youngest women’s snowboard gold medal winner at an X event and the youngest ever medallist at the age of 15 back in 2006, Jamie has made a huge mark on Winter X Slopestyle and women's snowboarding in general.
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Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe finals: Kelly Clark (USA) wins her 9th medal and her 4th Gold medal at the Winter X Games
Prior to last week's competition, Kelly Clark had already won more medals than any other woman in snowboarding at the X Games, with eight medals including three in gold. She added a fourth gold to her exceptional list of medals. And she did it only two months after her victory in Aspen where she was the first woman to land a 1080 during a contest.
With an Olympic victory in 2002 in the USA and the Dew tour crown this year, nothing seems to get in the way of the snowboarder from Mount Snow in Vermont.
Kelly’s first run was to be her best one with a score of 92.66. Her fellow countrywoman Hannah Teter (Olympic champion in 2006) clinched the silver (with 91 points) and her 6th Winter X Games medal. Whereas Queralt Castellet, the Spanish rider that finished third, got her first Winter X Games medal.
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Friday saw the last day of competition at the Winter X Games in Tignes
Photo © C. Van Hanja / ESPN Images. All rights reserved.
Following her incredible run of Golds there were high hopes for UK rider Jenny Jones in the Women's Slopestyle and also for Brit Jamie Nicholls in the Men's but it was not destined to be their days. Jenny did take 8th in slope but Jamie had a tough time and crashed on both of his runs in the two-run final.
Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe
Louie Vito (22 years old) took home the gold medal in the final of the Winter X Games Snowboarding’s main event: the SuperPipe. Iouri Podladtchikov, the Russian born Swiss rider and defending gold medallist came second followed by Christian Haller (CH). This was Christian’s first Winter X Games medal.
After his third place in Aspen at the beginning of the year, Friday's winner the Bellefontaine Ohio native, superseded his fellow competitors with a second run scored 93 points and included a back-to-back double cork 1080. For Iouri Podladtchikov, who didn’t compete in Aspen this January due to an injury, this silver medal confirms that he can throw the biggest tricks and can step up when under pressure. The Moscow native incidentally said that this was his “best day of snowboarding this year”. His Swiss Olympic team-mate completed the podium.
Photo © Stef Cande / ESPN Images. All rights reserved.
Photo © Stef Cande / ESPN Images. All rights reserved.
Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle: highest score of Winter X Games Europe for Chas Guldemond
After a phenomenal first run that was awarded 98 points, everyone thought that Sebastien Toutant (CAN) had all but killed the final. This was true until Chas Guldemond's second run, that was declared ‘close to perfection’ by the judges who awarded Chas 99.33 points after painstakingly studying his run. A score that was synonymous of a Gold medal and a first victory for the American. Chas also created history by earning the highest score of the Winter X Games Europe and one of the highest scores in the Winter X Games history. Completing the podium behind Sebastien Toutant came the Breckenridge resident Eric Willet in third place. After winning the final in Tignes last year, and the US Open just last week, Willet continued his winning streak with the bronze medal on Friday.
Photo © Stef Cande / ESPN Images. All rights reserved.
Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle: Jamie Anderson does it again
The American rider Jamie Anderson took first place in the women’s Snowboard slopestyle. She did it with a consistent run that scored 95.33 points. It was the third gold medal in a Winter X Games event for the amazing 20-year-old Californian that has won almost everything this year: the TTR tour (that she had already won last year), the Mammoth grand-prix and the Arctic Challenge. Her worst result this year is a third place in Aspen in January! As the youngest women’s snowboard gold medal winner at an X event and the youngest ever medallist at the age of 15 back in 2006, Jamie has made a huge mark on Winter X Slopestyle and women's snowboarding in general.
Photo © C. Van Hanja / ESPN Images. All rights reserved.
Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe finals: Kelly Clark (USA) wins her 9th medal and her 4th Gold medal at the Winter X Games
Prior to last week's competition, Kelly Clark had already won more medals than any other woman in snowboarding at the X Games, with eight medals including three in gold. She added a fourth gold to her exceptional list of medals. And she did it only two months after her victory in Aspen where she was the first woman to land a 1080 during a contest.
With an Olympic victory in 2002 in the USA and the Dew tour crown this year, nothing seems to get in the way of the snowboarder from Mount Snow in Vermont.
Kelly’s first run was to be her best one with a score of 92.66. Her fellow countrywoman Hannah Teter (Olympic champion in 2006) clinched the silver (with 91 points) and her 6th Winter X Games medal. Whereas Queralt Castellet, the Spanish rider that finished third, got her first Winter X Games medal.
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