Éliot Grondin didn’t let up after securing the men’s snowboard cross overall World Cup season title.
About 24 hours later, the Sainte-Marie, Que., native defeated Frenchman Aidan Chollet in the big final on home snow Sunday at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Beaupré, Que.
Loan Bozzolo, Chollet’s teammate, placed third in the final World Cup event of the season
Grondin has back-to-back Crystal Globe wins on the World Cup circuit, and it comes a week after he won world championship gold in Switzerland.
“It’s amazing. It’s been a hectic past 10, 12 days. Today, I just wanted to win at home in front of everybody,” he said.
WATCH | Grondin beats Frenchman Chollet for 3rd World Cup win of season:
Éliot Grondin captured a World Cup snowboard cross win Sunday at Mont-Sainte-Anne, wrapping up the overall season crystal globe title.
It’s Grondin’s first victory in six races at Mont-Sainte-Anne.
“The energy [here] is crazy, especially in the semifinal and big final in the start gate,” he said. “I could hear the fans cheering me, and that says a lot about [them].
“It’s always been a great race here, and to not have missed a podium in six races here is unreal.”
The 23-year-old needed a top-three finish in Saturday’s event to claim the Crystal Globe and followed through with a loss in the big final to Austria’s Jakob Dusek.
Grondin won three gold medals, three silver and a bronze on the World Cup circuit this season.
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