Canada’s Bichon earns bronze in snowboard cross season finale for 1st career World Cup medal
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Canadian Evan Bichon finished third in the final World Cup men’s snowboard cross race of the season on Saturday in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
Bichon, from Mackenzie, B.C., finished the big final behind Australia’s Adam Lambert and Germany’s Leon Ulbricht for his first career World Cup medal.
Ulbricht claimed the Crystal Globe as the season’s overall leader with 435 points, 22 more than Lambert.
Evan Bichon of Mackenzie, B.C. claimed a World Cup snowboard cross bronze medal Saturday at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
Olympic silver medallist Eliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., was the top Canadian overall in eighth. He was eliminated in the 1/8 final on Saturday.
Britain’s Charlotte Bankes won the women’s race, followed by France’s Chloe Trespeuch and Switzerland’s Sina Siegenthaler. Bankes also won the women’s Crystal Globe, beating out Trespeuch.
Audrey McManiman of St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Que., and Kennedy Justinen of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Evan Bichon of Mackenzie, B.C. captured World Cup snowboard cross bronze Saturday at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
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