Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham won her first gold medal of the World Cup season Thursday at a big air competition in Aspen, Colo.
Flora Tabanelli of Italy (175.25 points) was second and Anni Karava of Finland (157.5) was third.
Oldham has three World Cup podium appearances this year after claiming slopestyle silver medals Saturday in Aspen and Jan. 17 in Laax, Switzerland.
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Megan Oldham of Parry Sound, Ont., didn’t even need her third run, as she scored enough points in her first two runs to win gold at the FIS freeski big air World Cup event in Aspen, Colo.
In the men’s event, Austria’s Matej Svancer took gold with 190.25 points, followed by Luca Harrington of New Zealand (187.75) and Konnor Ralph of the United States (183.75).
Ottawa’s Noah Porter MacLennan was sixth with 174.25 points and Dylan Deschamps of Quebec City was ninth at 117.25.
Quebec teen Bouchard soars to snowboard gold
Canadian snowboarder Eli Bouchard soared to his first win on the World Cup circuit at a big air competition.
The 17-year-old from Lac-Beauport, Que., won gold in the event with a total score of 189 points after placing first in the final’s first and third runs and runner-up in the second.
WATCH | Bouchard wins men’s snowboard gold in 1st career World Cup season:
Eli Bouchard of Lac-Beauport, Que., wins the men’s snowboard big air competition at the FIS Snowboard World Cup stop in Aspen, Colo., with a total score of 189.00.
Bouchard is in his first World Cup season after winning big air gold at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea.
Japanese snowboarders Taiga Hasegawa (184.5) and Yuto Miyamura (171.25) rounded out the podium.
Regina’s Mark McMorris (161.25) was sixth and Liam Brearley of Gravenhurst, Ont., (137.25) was seventh.
In the women’s event, Zoi Sadowski Synnott was first with 172.25 points, followed by Japan’s Kokomo Murase (170.25) and Momo Suzuki (150).
