15-year-old Indra Brown has continued her remarkable World Cup debut, securing back-to-back medals with a silver medal in the freeski halfpipe at Copper Mountain, USA. The result improves on her bronze medal from last week’s debut in China and confirms her status as the youngest Aussie to land on a winter sports world Cup podium.
In a best-of-two-run final under tricky flat light at the Colorado resort, Brown opened strongly with a score of 80 points, placing her in second position. She looked set to improve in her final run but crashed while attempting a new trick on the last jump, holding on to the silver medal.
Her podium run included a leftside 900, rightside 900, leftside 720, switch rightside 540, switch leftside 720 and finished with an alley-oop, with grabs in all but one jump.
The gold medal went to Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin with 89.25 points, while China’s Kexin Chang claimed bronze on 77.50 points.
“Fortunately, I was able to stay calm and positive, trust my training and remind myself to have fun out there,” said the Melbourne high school student.
“The halfpipe shape was definitely different to China, so it took me a while to adapt, but really stoked I was able to put it together today.
“That slam definitely gave me a fright today, thankfully I'm all ok and the bodies in good shape.
“I have a few more days here in Copper, before a few days off for Christmas, where we're driving up to Revelstoke to ski some powder with family and some great friends. Then we are off to Calgary and then Aspen for the next World Cups.
“No plans have changed in my preparation, but there are loads of things I want to work on, so hopefully I can keep progressing.”
Brown now sits second in the World Cup standings with 140 points, trailing Atkin (180) and ahead of Chang (105).
Her next event will be the Calgary World Cup on January 3, as she looks to continue her incredible start to the season.
In a best-of-two-run final under tricky flat light at the Colorado resort, Brown opened strongly with a score of 80 points, placing her in second position. She looked set to improve in her final run but crashed while attempting a new trick on the last jump, holding on to the silver medal.
Her podium run included a leftside 900, rightside 900, leftside 720, switch rightside 540, switch leftside 720 and finished with an alley-oop, with grabs in all but one jump.
The gold medal went to Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin with 89.25 points, while China’s Kexin Chang claimed bronze on 77.50 points.
“Fortunately, I was able to stay calm and positive, trust my training and remind myself to have fun out there,” said the Melbourne high school student.
“The halfpipe shape was definitely different to China, so it took me a while to adapt, but really stoked I was able to put it together today.
“That slam definitely gave me a fright today, thankfully I'm all ok and the bodies in good shape.
“I have a few more days here in Copper, before a few days off for Christmas, where we're driving up to Revelstoke to ski some powder with family and some great friends. Then we are off to Calgary and then Aspen for the next World Cups.
“No plans have changed in my preparation, but there are loads of things I want to work on, so hopefully I can keep progressing.”
Brown now sits second in the World Cup standings with 140 points, trailing Atkin (180) and ahead of Chang (105).
Her next event will be the Calgary World Cup on January 3, as she looks to continue her incredible start to the season.
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