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Bright finish for Australian

13/1/2014

 
PictureTorah Bright in qualifying © Mario Sobrino
Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion, NSWIS Individual Scholarship athlete Torah Bright, added her best result in World Cup snowboard cross to her impressive resume when she finished in eighth place in Vallnord-Arcalis, Andorra, today.

The 27-year-old was joined by NSWIS athlete Belle Brockhoff, in the list of top 10 placings.

Bright’s quest to become a recognised snowboard cross athlete was escalated early last year and today was clearly her most successful result in that time.

She went into the first of the knock out finals, consisting of 24 women, with the seventh fastest time in qualifying, which was also a personal best.

Bright was second across the line in her quarter final, which enabled her to advance to the semi-finals.

However she was up against a hot field that included Canadian Dominque Maltais and American Lindsey Jacobellis, who went on to take second and third in the final, with Czech Eva Samkova taking out the top placing.

Bright was fourth in the semi, which meant that instead of advancing to the final to fight for a medal, her next race was in the consolation final with Brockhoff and four others.

Bright was second in the race, just ahead of Brockhoff, who finished the day in ninth overall.

Eighteen-year-old NSWIS athlete Jarryd Hughes, who recorded his maiden World Cup victory in Canada just before Christmas, was also impressive by making the consolation final, adding a ninth overall to his successful World Cup season.

The men’s final was won by Italian Omar Visintin, with Spain’s Lucas Eguibar in second and Italian Lucas Matteotti taking the third spot on the podium.

In other results with Australians, Cameron Bolton was 30th after making the finals, and Daniel Morrissy was 55th.

The Andorra event ends the snowboard cross World Cup season, as the Veysonnaz round, originally scheduled for January 18, has been cancelled.


Hughes still number one

12/1/2014

 
PictureJarryd Hughes (Yellow Bib) racing at Vallnord Arcalis © Mario Sobrino
NSW Institute of Sport snowboard cross rider Jarryd Hughes has retained his world number one ranking following a hard fought 11th place in the first event of a World Cup double header in Vallnord Arcalis, Andorra, overnight.

After advancing to the 48 men’s knock out finals with the fifth fastest time in the qualification session, the 18-year-old finished second in the first heat, which put him through to the quarter finals.

With each heat’s top three progressing to the next round, Hughes’ third place in the quarter finals rewarded him with a spot in the semi-finals.

However, a fifth place in this round meant that he was not eligible to race in the day’s medal round and instead went through to the support final, which determined seventh to twelfth places.

Hughes’ 11th overall place still earned him 240 World Cup points, enough to create a 134 point gap between himself and Italian Omar Visintin, who was third overall today behind the winning American Trevor Jacob and Stian Sivertzen from Norway in the silver medal position.

Two other Australians, NSWIS rider Cameron Bolton was 18th after finishing fifth in the quarter finals, and NSWIS athlete Daniel Morrissy was 40th from a fifth in the first knock out final.

Snowboard halfpipe gold medallist Torah Bright continued her quest to compete in three events at next month’s Sochi Olympic Winter Games in Russia with a 13th place today.

Bright went in to the first knock out race, a quarter final, as the ninth fastest in qualifying but her fourth place prevented her from advancing to the semis.

The final was won by Canadian Dominique Maltais, with Bulgarian Alexandra Jekova in second and American Lindsey Jacobellis third.

Australia’s Belle Brockhoff, another NSWIS athlete, placed 24th and did not start the finals despite qualifying.

The second stage of the double header will be contested tonight, Australian time.


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