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ZHANGJIAKOU, China – The Canadian duo of Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine won the bronze medal in the mixed team snowboard cross on Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.
The American team formed by Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis won gold, thus becoming the first Olympic champions of this event, presented for the very first time.
On the second step of the podium, it is the Italian pair composed of Omar Visintin and Michela Moioli who will be awarded the silver medal.
The second Italian team formed by Lorenzo Sommariva and Caterina Carpano finished the competition in fourth place.
The final descent was marked by a collision between the Canadian O’Dine and the Italian Carpano. Far behind, the two athletes had to get up and resume the race. It was finally O’Dine who crossed the line in third place.
In front of them, Jacobellis and Moioli fought hard until the very last jump. The American crossed the finish line two tenths of a second ahead.
During the first run of the Final, Grondin was true to form with a great start. He momentarily pulled away from the peloton before being caught to cross the finish line in third place, 0.23 seconds behind the leader.
Brockhoff evacuated on stretcher
Australian Belle Brockhoff “seems to be fine” after being evacuated on a stretcher following a fall, the Australian Olympic Committee announced on Saturday.
“Belle Brockhoff seems to be doing well. Belle was taken to hospital for checkups after complaining of neck pain,” he tweeted.
In the fight in the quarter-finals for one of the first two qualifying places for the semi-finals, with Jacobellis and the Swiss Sophie Hediger, Brockhoff fell under the snow falling since daybreak.
She was then evacuated on a tray after ten minutes of care on the Chinese track.
“She has medical care. Everything indicates that she is fine and that it is a precautionary measure, ”assured his teammate Cameron Bolton in the mixed zone.
“I was obviously watching the race when it fell,” he added. She had good speed, went out in first gear and the boards crossed a bit. »
