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Heartache for Australian snowboard cross teams as they go down in quarters

12/2/2022

 
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Australia's two snowboard cross mixed teams were unable to finish in the quarter-finals, with Belle Brockhoff treated for an injury sustained on course.

Triple Olympians Cam Bolton and Belle teamed up, while Jindabyne's Josie Baff and Adam Lambert formed Australia's second team in the new Olympic event.

In Snowboard cross four male athletes race first and the time advantage the winning male has is transferred to his female teammate, with the other three women leaving the start gate in a staggered format. The top two women to finish secure a place for their team in the next round.

Australia's two teams were drawn to compete in the same quarter-final. Cam and Adam were the two fastest starters in their run, with Cam finishing fastest and Adam just .42 seconds behind in third.

But it wasn't to be Australia's day, with Josie taking a tumble and moments later Belle clipped the board of another rider to lose her balance and suffer a fall.

Josie made her way down the course shortly after, but the competition was stopped for Belle to receive medical attention on the course.

Belle complained of a sore neck and was subsequently taken to hospital as a precaution for imaging.

Those scans were all clear and Belle will be heading back to re-join her teammates at the Athletes Village.

Speaking with Channel 7 after being eliminated from the competition, Cam had Belle in his thoughts and reflected on the race.

"First of all I hope she (Belle) is doing well. I heard from the team that she's doing OK and it's just precautionary and they think everything is good," Cam said.

"Hopefully that's the case. [To lose in the quarter-finals] was really disappointing. It's just one of those things.

"Lambo and Josie – I'm so sorry for them too. Josie had such a great start, she was coming in fast behind Lindsey [Jacobellis] (USA) who won gold the other day."

Adam found himself in an intense run.

"The men's races are always super tight," Adam said.

"Cam and [Nick] Baumgartner (USA) are incredible riders. I just wanted to win. I tried really hard."

The conditions were significantly different to what the snowboarders had in their earlier Olympic events, with it snowing at the Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park making the course slower, which changed the entire dynamic for racing and strategy.

"There is so much snow [falling], the course is tricky," Cam said.

"It's hard to clear the jumps in the middle."

For more snowboarding action you can catch Beijing 2022 bronze medallist Tess Coady and Matt Cox in big air qualifying on Tuesday 15 February.

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Jeff Dickinson-Fox

Spirited Aussies fall short of snowboard cross semis

10/2/2022

 
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Cameron Bolton, Jarryd Hughes, Adam Lambert and Adam Dickson are all thinking what could have been following their participation in the men's snowboard cross at the Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park.
 
Despite a gallant effort from each athlete, unfortunately they didn't achieve the success they wanted.

Cameron was the best-performing Aussie, making it to the quarter-finals before being eliminated there in the knockout format. Jarryd, Adam Lambert and Adam Dickson did not progress beyond the 1/8 finals.

Missing out on a podium chance was difficult for him to process and knows his teammates will be feeling flat with their results.

"I think it's the nature of the sport," Cameron said.

"I can tell you that there will be four boys after today that are bitterly disappointed with the result.

"I didn't see the other guys runs but I know they're capable of much stronger results on the day and have shown that this season and the last couple of seasons.

"Hopefully there will be a bit of redemption on Saturday in the mixed team event."

Jarryd, a silver medallist at PyeongChang 2018 and on the comeback trail from ankle surgery, found himself in an extremely tough 1/8 final.

"I was riding against two of the best riders in the world. We had the world number one and the world champion in that heat so it's always going to be tough. You can't make any mistakes," Jarryd said.

"I didn't have the best start, but it wasn't the worst one. I just made a big mistake when I was trying to make my move.

"I should be able to do that [move] 10 times out of 10 but it was one of those screwups that you take a hard beating from and then come back in four years [better for the experience]."

The development Adam Lambert had made from PyeongChang 2018 was noticeable. He finished 29th four years ago and put down the sixth fastest time in the seeding rounds. His last turn in the 1/8 final was what he wanted to change.

"Everything went to plan until the last turn. I just gave too much room to Merlin [Surget from France]," Adam said.

"It feels great to be here, it feels terrible to lose. That's boardercross. We love it."

The mixed team snowboard cross event will feature Australia and is held on Saturday 12 February. The athletes competing are yet to be announced.

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Shannon Knaus

Brave Belle narrowly misses Snowboard cross medal

9/2/2022

 
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Belle Brockhoff and Josie Baff experienced the highs and lows of sport when they took part in the women's snowboard cross at the Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park.

Belle, now a triple Olympian, fought back from an opening run admittedly below her standards to secure a spot in the final and finish fourth overall.

While it wasn't the result she was aiming for, Belle had the whole of Australia along for the ride.

"I have a lot of fight in me, and the more the sport kicks me down the more I come back harder," Belle said.

"I did that (today), each lap I got better and better and better.

"But the final didn't go quite my way. I really did back myself in winning gold and I know I can beat these girls any other day.

"But sport's cutthroat and it just didn't fall into place for me."

Belle was assigned the 18th seed out of 32 competitors to begin the 1/8 finals based on her opening two runs, which by her own admission was well below her expectations.

But she delivered each time during the finals, outclassing many of the favourites to hold on until the end.

Her Aussie teammate Josie, who made her Olympic debut today as a 19-year-old, produced an opening run fast enough to finish in the top 16 and qualify straight through to the finals.

Despite not progressing past the 1/8 final, Josie has gained a lot of experience she'll carry through.

"The Olympics have been really awesome. Having two days of training really helped me," Josie said.

"I really felt like … I was progressing every run, getting better and faster.

"I was really looking forward to racing, because my favourite part is racing three people down the track. I'm pretty bummed that was cut short.

"I'll take this experience and bring it into the next Games for sure."

Belle and Josie will now be cheering on their male teammates who'll line up tomorrow in the snowboard cross from 2:15pm AEDT.

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Lauren Ryan

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