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Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canada's Cassie Sharpe caps comeback season with halfpipe bronze at freeski worlds
Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe returned to the podium at the world championships for the first time since 2019 with bronze in the women's halfpipe event on Sunday in Corvatsch, Switzerland. The 32-year-old from Comox, B.C., earned a score of 88.00, beating out fellow Canadian Rachel Karker (86.25) for third place on the final day of competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships. Great Britain's Zoe Atkin won gold with 93.50 points, capturing her first career world title. China's Li Fanghui (93.00) finished ahead of Sharpe for the silver medal. WATCH l Sharpe soars to halfpipe bronze: Sharpe, who won Olympic halfpipe gold in 2018 and silver in 2022, made her comeback to the sport in September after taking a two-season break following the birth of her daughter, Louella, in 2023. She won silver in the event at worlds in 2015 and 2019. WATCH l Get to know Canada's sisterhood of the superpipe:
CBC
30-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Cassie Sharpe caps comeback season with halfpipe bronze at freeski worlds
Social Sharing Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe returned to the podium at the world championships for the first time since 2019 with bronze in the women's halfpipe event on Sunday in Corvatsch, Switzerland. The 32-year-old from Comox, B.C., earned a score of 88.00, beating out fellow Canadian Rachel Karker (86.25) for third place on the final day of competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships. Great Britain's Zoe Atkin won gold with 93.50 points, capturing her first career world title. China's Li Fanghui (93.00) finished ahead of Sharpe for the silver medal. WATCH l Sharpe soars to halfpipe bronze: Canada's Cassie Sharpe claims freeski halfpipe bronze medal at world championships 5 minutes ago Duration 2:31 Comox, B.C.'s Cassie Sharpe took bronze at Sunday's freeski halfpipe world championships in Engadin, Switzerland. Sharpe, who won Olympic halfpipe gold in 2018 and silver in 2022, made her comeback to the sport in September after taking a two-season break following the birth of her daughter, Louella, in 2023. She won silver in the event at worlds in 2015 and 2019. WATCH l Get to know Canada's sisterhood of the superpipe: Get to know Canada's sisterhood of the superpipe 2 days ago Duration 2:30 Cassie Sharpe, Rachael Karker, Amy Fraser and Dillan Glennie are all ranked top-10 in the world in women's freeski halfpipe.
CBC
15-02-2025
- Sport
- CBC
8 Canadian skiers qualify for finals of World Cup halfpipe event in Calgary
Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe will compete for her first World Cup victory in Calgary since 2019, while teammate Rachel Karker will try for an elusive gold medal at the site of the 1988 Winter Games after advancing to the women's halfpipe final through qualifying Friday at WinSport in Calgary. Sharpe, from Comox, B.C., and Karker, from Guelph, Ont., were among the four Canadian women to advance to Saturday's final. Sharpe qualified fourth out of eight skiers with a score of 85.25 points. The 2018 Olympic champion and 2022 silver medallist is looking for just her second World Cup podium of the season after a bronze at Copper Mountain, Colo., in December. Karker qualified fifth with 82.75 points. She has been on the World Cup podium six times in Calgary (four silver, two bronze) but has never reached the top. WATCH | Sharpe earns 1st medal since becoming a mom: B.C.'s Cassie Sharpe earns bronze in World Cup freeski halfpipe 2 months ago Duration 4:36 The Crystal Globe winner in 2022-23 as overall World Cup leader did not ski in the 2023-24 season as she recovered from a back injury. She returned to action this campaign with a bronze at the season-opening event in Cardona, New Zealand, but hasn't won a medal since. Amy Fraser of Calgary (sixth) and Dillan Glennie of Courtenay, B.C., (eighth) also qualified for the women's final. Britain's Zoe Atkin had the top qualifying score of 92.75. In men's qualifying, Brendan MacKay of Calgary, a two-time World Cup winner in his hometown, was the top Canadian in fifth place with a score of 89.50. Andrew Longino (ninth), Noah Bowman (15th) and Dylan Marineau (16th), all from Calgary, also qualified for the 16-athlete men's final.
