Mia Clift capped off an impressive breakthrough season with back-to-back podium finishes at the Snowboard Cross World Cup Final in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, with a bronze medal performance overnight. This marks her third consecutive podium result, following a silver medal in the World Championship Teams event in Switzerland and silver and bronze in Canada over the weekend.
It was a strong finish from the Australian team which saw three other athletes join Clift in the top-10, with Adam Lambert fifth, Josie Baff sixth and Cameron Bolton ninth. All four riders also finished the season ranked in the top-10 on the World Cup standings.
Clift won her opening round of 32 heat and was second in the quarter-final to advance to the semi-final which featured teammate Josie Baff.
In a close semi-final, Clift crossed the line in second one place ahead of Baff to advance to the big-final, with Baff into the consolation small-final.
Clift was joined in the big-final by Sina Siegenthaler of Switzerland and French riders Lea Casta and Julia Pereira de Sousa. Casta who secured the World Cup Crystal Globe the previous day led from start to finish to make it back-to-back victories, with Siegenthaler passing Clift just before the finishing line to finish second and Clift in third.
In the men’s event Lambert won the men’s small-final to finish fifth and Baff was second in her small-final to finish sixth overall.
“The big final was a lot of fun with all the girls” said the 20-year-old Clift from Melbourne.
“I was third into turn two and then following Julia and I got her out of four and kept pushing to the finish and then followed Lea but got a bit crazy myself over the double feature and then kind of ruined it, but still got third so super happy.
“A lot of training, a lot of hard work and snowboarding at home in Australia coming up.”
Other Australian results included Cameron Bolton in ninth, James Johnstone 40th and Declan Dent 42nd.
Baff finished the season the highest ranked Australian in fourth, with Clift’s breakthrough season seeing her ranked eighth. In the men’s final rankings Lambert finished a career best sixth and Bolton was ninth.
It was a strong finish from the Australian team which saw three other athletes join Clift in the top-10, with Adam Lambert fifth, Josie Baff sixth and Cameron Bolton ninth. All four riders also finished the season ranked in the top-10 on the World Cup standings.
Clift won her opening round of 32 heat and was second in the quarter-final to advance to the semi-final which featured teammate Josie Baff.
In a close semi-final, Clift crossed the line in second one place ahead of Baff to advance to the big-final, with Baff into the consolation small-final.
Clift was joined in the big-final by Sina Siegenthaler of Switzerland and French riders Lea Casta and Julia Pereira de Sousa. Casta who secured the World Cup Crystal Globe the previous day led from start to finish to make it back-to-back victories, with Siegenthaler passing Clift just before the finishing line to finish second and Clift in third.
In the men’s event Lambert won the men’s small-final to finish fifth and Baff was second in her small-final to finish sixth overall.
“The big final was a lot of fun with all the girls” said the 20-year-old Clift from Melbourne.
“I was third into turn two and then following Julia and I got her out of four and kept pushing to the finish and then followed Lea but got a bit crazy myself over the double feature and then kind of ruined it, but still got third so super happy.
“A lot of training, a lot of hard work and snowboarding at home in Australia coming up.”
Other Australian results included Cameron Bolton in ninth, James Johnstone 40th and Declan Dent 42nd.
Baff finished the season the highest ranked Australian in fourth, with Clift’s breakthrough season seeing her ranked eighth. In the men’s final rankings Lambert finished a career best sixth and Bolton was ninth.
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