Laax – A day after Liam Brearley and Cameron Spalding claimed gold and bronze, respectively, at the FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle event, freestyle skiers hit the slopes at the Laax Open. Team Canada’s Max Moffatt offered a solid performance to collect the bronze medal at the FIS Freeski Slopestyle event.
The 25-year-old Canadian posted a score of 85.91 points during his second run to reach the third step of the podium. He finished behind gold medallist Birk Ruud of Norway (87.01) and American Mac Forehand (86.28) who secured the silver medal.
Moffatt secured a good score on his first run (81.63), which provisionally placed him in second place behind Ruud. While several competitors improved their score on their last attempt, Forehand did enough to move the Canadian back one position. Canadian teammate Mark Hendrickson finished in ninth position with a score of 68.56. With this result, Moffatt occupies fifth place in the general classification of the discipline, behind Canada’s Evan McEachran.
Brearley wins first World Cup slopestyle in Laax, Switzerland
Previously on Saturday, Canadian men took two spots on the podium at the FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle event in Laax, Switzerland. Liam Brearley and Cameron Spalding claimed gold and bronze, respectively.
Brearley, a native of Gravenhurst, Ontario, scored 89.93 points on his run to capture his first career World Cup win as the 20-year-old built on his previous podium haul of two second-place finishes and a third-place finish. His first World Cup victory also comes nearly four years, exactly since he won three medals at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games, where he hit the podium in each halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.
Source: https://olympic.ca/