Canadian freestyle skiers Naomi Urness and Dylan Deschamps both won silver medals at the World Cup season-opening big air event on Saturday in Secret Garden, China.
Secret Garden podium marks 1st career World Cup medal for Urness
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Canadian freestyle skiers Naomi Urness and Dylan Deschamps both won silver medals at the World Cup season-opening big air event on Saturday in Secret Garden, China.
For the 21-year-old Urness, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., it marked the first World Cup medal of her career. She achieved that feat by posting a two-run combined score of 165.75.
Naomi Urness from Mont-Tremblant, Que., finishes second in the women’s World Cup big air competition at the Secret Garden resort in Chongli, China, with a total score of 165.75.
Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir took gold in the women’s event with a total of 174.50 points, including a competition-best first run of 91.75, while China’s Liu Mengting (165.25) rounded out the podium in bronze position.
On the men’s side, Quebec City’s Deschamps, 22, scored a combined 178.50 to take silver. American Troy Podmilsak won the event with a score of 185.50, while New Zealand’s Luca Harrington (176.00) took bronze.
Dylan Deschamps of Quebec City finishes second in the men’s World Cup big air competition at the Secret Garden resort in Chongli, China, with a total score of 178.50.
The next freestyle skiing big air event happens next weekend in Beijing.
With files from The Canadian Press
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