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Crawford’s World Championship silver medal

21/1/2013

 
Snowboard halfpipe rider Holly Crawford won a World Championship silver medal in Stoneham, Canada, today, becoming one of only three Australians to finish on the podium of the biennial event on three occasions.

Crawford added the second place to her gold medal from 2011 and another silver from 2009, which equals the World Championship record of retired Australian aerial skier Jacqui Cooper and 2006 Olympic Mogul Skiiing champion Dale Begg-Smith.

Despite going into these Championships with just two events to her name in that last 12 months due to injury, the Australian Institute of Sport / NSW Institute of Sport rider went close to defending her title from Spain two years ago.

Crawford was edged off the podium top spot by American Arielle Gold, while Frenchwoman Sophie Rodriguez took the bronze.

Crawford had to fight back from a warm up session just before the final, which saw her unable to complete a full run without a mistake, due to heavy snow and the pipe’s slow conditions.

However, Crawford’s experience and determination enabled her to adjust from the slow start to the day, with the second of her two runs scoring 77.25 points, just 1.75 points away from Gold’s winning performance.

In the men’s event Australia’s other defending halfpipe champion and AIS / NSWIS rider Nathan Johnstone finished in seventh, after advancing to the final with the second best qualification score.

Two Australian teenagers, 18-year-old NSWIS athlete Scott James and AIS / NSWIS rider Kent Callister, 17, were both impressive in the qualification session, posting fifth and sixth best scores.

The pair finished their first World Championships in sixth and fifteenth, showing their potential for the future.

Swiss rider Iouri “i-pod” Podladtchikov was crowned World Champion, ahead of Japan’s Taku Hiraoka and Fin Markus Marlin in third place.

Crawford said that while she had hoped for another world title, she was extremely pleased to finish in the silver medal position.

“I’m really happy with the result,” Crawford said.

“It was really tough in there today. There was a lot of snow and the pipe was very slow and bumpy, which brings the field much closer together.

“It could have been anybody’s day today.

“It was really a case of who could get their run down basically.

“The conditions were as tough as I have experienced in some time.

Crawford said that competing in only two events in the last 12 months and limited time with on-snow training was not an ideal way to defend her title.

“I was fairly confident that if I landed my run that I would be on the podium,” she said.

“There was definitely more that I would have liked to have done. I suffered a bit of a setback with my injury but you take the good with the bad.”

AIS halfpipe program coach Ben Alexander said that the conditions were unsuited to Johnstone’s riding style.

“Nathan likes to do his tricks really big out of the halfpipe and today with the pipe being really slow, it made it difficult for Nathan to perform at his best,” Alexander said.

“It was a tough day for Nate.

“When you perform your tricks going extremely high out of the halfpipe, that sets you apart from somebody who can’t go that big.

“The conditions were the same for everybody but the guys who don’t go high out of the halfpipe have an advantage in these conditions.”

Johnstone and Bright both win at Copper Mountain

13/1/2013

 
Australian Institute of Sport / NSW Institute of Sport snowboard halfpipe athlete Nathan Johnstone should go into next week’s World Championships at Stoneham, Canada, with great confidence and Torah Bright is recapturing the form that earned her a Winter Olympic Games gold medal after both recorded strong victories today.

Johnstone, the reigning World Champion, and Bright completed his-and-hers World Cup wins at Copper Mountain, USA, which has elevated Johnstone to the number one ranking while Bright has jumped to second place on the standings.
Their performances prompted AIS halfpipe coach Ben Alexander to describe the results as “outstanding”, given the level of talent in the event and the standard the Australians set today.

Johnstone was in great form finishing ahead of second and third placed Americans Luke Mitrani and Louie Vito while Bright was victorious over the 2002 Winter Olympic Games gold medallist Kelly Clark, from the United States, and Spanish rider Queralt Castellet who finished third.

“Both Nate and Torah were outstanding today,” Alexander said.

“With the number of young talented riders entering the sport now and the fact that the last Olympics were three years ago and everybody is now so much better, today’s wins were outstanding,” Alexander said.

Johnstone wowed the judges and spectators, as well as surprising everybody except himself and other Australians, with a technical run consisting of a backside air to a frontside double cork 1080, a cab 1080 taipan, a frontside 900 mute and a backside 900 melon.
Bright was awarded the day’s highest score, 85.75, in her first of two runs with a backside air to air to air fakie, a cab 720 indy, frontside air, backside 540 mute and a backside alley oop rodeo 540.

Johnstone and Bright headlined a record breaking day for Aussie World Cup skiers and snowboarders, a day that consisted of an unprecedented two wins and a further three podium finishes in just one day.

Seventeen-year-old Kent Callister also provided his share of dazzle to the day by finishing ninth in the field of 83 men in just his second World Cup event.

Since making his World Cup debut in New Zealand last August as a 16-year-old, the young gun has impressed, establishing himself as a potential high achiever in years to come.

Another Australian teenager, 2010 Olympian Scott James, finished in 28th while in the women’s draw reigning World Champion and AIS / NSWIS athlete Holly Crawford experienced mistakes in the qualifying round and had to be content with 35th place.

NSWIS athlete Stephanie Magiros was 27th while Alex Fitch placed 34th.

Segal’s first World Cup podium

13/1/2013

 
Australia’s ski slopestyle World Champion Anna Segal recorded her first World Cup podium finish in the United States today and immediately started to piece together a plan to take her season to a higher level.

Segal, an Australian Institute of Sport/Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, finished third to the American winner Keri Herman and was just 0.8 of a point behind the second placed Dara Howell from Canada.

And in the men’s draw, NSWIS athlete Russ Henshaw finished second to Great Britain’s James Woods, with Canadian Alex Beaulieu Marchand in third place.

Segal’s bronze medal and Henshaw’s second were part of Australia’s most successful day ever in World Cup competition, consisting of two wins, two second places and a third.

Segal said she was pleased with the result but she has identified several elements to improve before her next World Cup event in Silvaplana, Switzerland, on February 8 and the prestigious X Games on January 27.

“I’m pretty happy to finish third in a field of so many people,” Segal said.

“I still have things to work on so there is a lot more that can come out of this season.”

Segal said that the planned “tweaks” include holding grabs a little longer and aspects of her take-offs, which she hopes will result in her becoming an even more successful athlete.

“In any sport you never reach perfection and there are always things you want to work on,” Segal said.

In the men’s event fellow Australian Boen Ferguson recorded a 31st place, Jesse Houghton 68th, Olly Cain 85th, Samuel Ruttiman 86th and Jordon Houghton 105th.

Women’s slopestyle skiing World Cup standings after round two
1. Keri Herman (USA) 200, 2. Dara Howell (CAN) 140, 3. Eveline Bhend (SUI) 102, 4. Anna Segal (AUS) 60, 5. Dominique Ohaco (CHI) 58, 6. Giorgia Bertoncini (ITA) 54.

Results – Men’s World Cup slopestyle skiing, Copper Mountain, USA
1. James Woods (GBR), 2. Russell Henshaw (AUS), 3. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (CAN), 4. Bobby Brown (USA), 5. Nicholas Goepper (USA), 6. Johan Berg (NOR).

Men’s slopestyle skiing World Cup standings after round two
1. James Woods (USA) 200, 2. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (CAN) 110, 3. Henrik Harlaut (SWE) 80, 4. Russell Henshaw (AUS) 80, 5. Jonas Hunziker (SUI) 74, 6. Mcrae Williams (USA) 56.

Bright wins her first World Championship medal

9/1/2013

 
Olympic champion Torah Bright has added a World Championship medal to her career highlights but not in the event that most people would expect.

The snowboarding versatility of the 26-year-old was clearly on display on day two of the World Championships in Stoneham, Canada, where she overlooked, the halfpipe, to chase a medal in slopestyle.

She earned her first World Championship medal, a bronze, by finishing behind the United States’ Spencer O’Brien, who won gold in her first World Championship, while Switzerland’s Sina Candrian was third.

It was the first time since 2005 that Bright had competed at a World Championships.

Her World Championship medal performance was just one week after she competed in slopestyle for the first time in some years, where at Copper Mountain, USA, where she finished in 55th place in a field of 59 competitors.

At the same Copper Mountain World Cup event, Bright showed her best skills in the half pipe, by winning the final in a field featuring all of the world’s best riders.

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