Canada's Grondin wins snowboard cross gold after securing season title in Quebec
Éliot Grondin didn't let up after securing the men's snowboard cross overall World Cup season title.
About 24 hours later, the Sainte-Marie, Que., native defeated Frenchman Aidan Chollet in the big final on home snow at Mont-Sainte-Anne on Sunday.
Loan Bozzolo, Chollet's teammate, placed third in the final World Cup event of the season
Grondin has back-to-back Crystal Globe wins on the World Cup circuit, and it comes a week after he won world championship gold in Switzerland.
The 23-year-old needed a top-three finish in Saturday's event to claim the Crystal Globe and followed through with a loss in the big final to Austria's Jakob Dusek.
Grondin won three gold medals, three silver and a bronze on the World Cup circuit this season.
WATCH | Grondin sits down in Switzerland to talk snowboarding success:
Éliot Grondin sits down in Switzerland to talk snowboarding success
11 days ago
Duration 14:19
The two-time Olympic snowboarder tells CBC Sports' Anastasia Bucsis about what the support of his community means to him and how he lost the gold medal at Beijing 2022 by a 'photo finish.'
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