VIS aerial skiers Elise Coleiro and Sidney Stephens have finished in first and second at the Nor-Am competition at the Utah Olympic Park in the USA, the first podium performances of their careers. In the qualification round Stephens advanced to the final in first place, with her best jump scoring 70.46 points which was a lay-tuck double back somersault. Coleiro qualified second on 68.38, also performing the same jump. In the final, both athletes again jumped a lay-tuck, with Coleiro victorious on 60.94 with Stephens very close behind on 69.42. Rounding out the podium in third was Canadian Sarah Faith on 55.43. In the men’s event Reilly Flanagan was 14th, scoring 55.97 for his lay-full single twisting double somersault. |