Teenager Oldham wins slopestyle crystal globe through just one factor as Hoefflin falters
Olympic champion Sarah Hoefflin overlooked the International Ski Federation Slopestyle Skiing World Cup title by using only one factor after completing fourth at the final occasion of the season in Silvaplana.
Heading into the competition on domestic snow, the 28-yr-antique led the World Cup standings on 257 factors, fifty-one in advance of compatriot Mathilde Gremaud. Still, at the same time as they completed fourth and eighth, respectively, Canada’s Megan Oldham took the win to grab the general identity. The 17-year-antique controlled the first-rate rating of 84. Fifty-one after two runs to simultaneously earn the primary World Cup victory of her profession and a World Cup crystal globe on 281 factors. The 2nd region went to 2017 world champion Tess Ledoux from France as Italy’s Silvia Bertagna secured bronze.
On the guys’ side, the chief at the start of the day, Mac Forehand from the USA, finished 12th, but that became nevertheless sufficient to secure him the crystal globe as nearest challenger Max Moffatt from Canada had didn’t make the very last. Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli triumphed at the day with a rating of 93.71, beforehand of every other US skier, Colby Stevenson, who controlled ninety-two. 23. Bronze changed into won by every other Swiss, Fabian Boesch, who scored 91.25. Despite no longer making the very last, Canada’s Moffatt nonetheless completed second common, even as Ragettli’s win saw him quit 0.33 in the World Cup standings.
