History repeated itself in the men’s Olympic snowboard cross final at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. Four years after Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle narrowly beat Canadian Éliot Grondin to the finish line for the gold medal at Beijing 2022, it happened again on Thursday in Italy.
Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle repeats as Olympic champion
Listen to this article
Estimated 1 minute
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.
Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed
History repeated itself in the men’s Olympic snowboard cross final at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.
Four years after Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle narrowly beat Canadian Éliot Grondin to the finish line for the gold medal at Beijing 2022, it happened again on Thursday in Italy.
Grondin was three-hundredths of a second behind the Austrian at Livigno Snow Park to take the silver medal.
Éliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., finishes second in the men’s snowboard cross big final at Milano Cortina 2026 and captures the third Olympic medal of his career (two silver and one bronze).
It’s the third career Olympic medal for the 24-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., who also won a silver bronze in the mixed team event in Beijing.
Austrian Jakob Dusek rounded out the podium in the bronze-medal position.
Source link
