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CBC
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Catching up with Canada's Crystal Globe champs
Anastasia Bucsis speaks with Reece Howden, Tyler Turner, Cameron Spalding, and Mark Arendz about their Crystal Globe success, and the journey to Milano Cortina 2026.
CBC
06-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Grondin wins snowboard cross gold after securing season title in Quebec
Social Sharing 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.'
BBC News
06-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bankes breaks collarbone to end Crystal Globe bid
Great Britain's Charlotte Bankes has suffered a broken collarbone, ending her hopes of winning a third snowboard cross World Cup title in four 29, was injured in training on Friday, ruling her out of the weekend's final races of the season at Mont Sainte Anne, meant 19-year-old Lea Casta of France was able to take the Crystal Globe for the overall World Cup winner after victory in Saturday's penultimate round put her clear of Brookes at the top of the standings."Gutted and frustrated to finish the season like this," Bankes said in an Instagram post."But now the focus is on getting the body mended, recovering and coming back stronger next year for a big one [Winter Olympics]. Thanks for everyone's support this season."Bankes won the Crystal Globe in the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons.
CBC
05-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Grondin claims 2nd career World Cup snowboard cross Crystal Globe with silver-medal victory
Éliot Grondin captured World Cup snowboard cross silver at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., Saturday, securing his second overall season Crystal Globe title.
CBC
05-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Éliot Grondin clinches snowboard cross Crystal Globe with silver-medal win in Quebec
Sainte-Marie, Que., native has now won back-to-back overall season titles Image | Grondin-Eliot-795265225 Caption: Canada's Eliot Grondin, shown in this file photo, won World Cup silver medal on Satruday to clinch a Crystal Globe for overall season winner. (Paul Brechu/) Canada's Éliot Grondin won a snowboard cross silver medal at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., on Saturday to clinch the overall World Cup season title. The 23-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., needed a top-three finish in Saturday's event to claim the Crystal Globe and accomplished that by narrowly losing the big final to Austria's Jakob Dusek. Nathan Pare of the United States took bronze. Grondin now 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. WATCH | Grondin shreds to a snowboard cross world championship title: Grondin has won two golds, three silvers, and a bronze medal on the World Cup circuit this season. On the women's side, France Lea Casta earned her third World Cup win of the season while Mia Clift of Australia took silver to land on a World Cup podium for the first time in her career. Swiss racer Sina Siegenthaler claimed bronze. Tess Critchlow was the top Canadian, finishing fifth by winning the small final. The final World Cup event of the season streams live on CBC Gem and beginning on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET.
