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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.
CBC
08-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian snowboard cross racer Eliot Grondin wins World Cup bronze despite crash in final
Social Sharing Canada's Eliot Grondin earned bronze for his fourth snowboard cross World Cup medal of the season on Saturday in Gudauri, Georgia, despite crashing in the big final. Austrian racer Elias Leitner lost his balance and fell backwards into Grondin's path on the final jump, launching the Canadian off the side of the course for a heavy impact. The 23-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., appeared to walk away unscathed after being helped to his feet. Leitner slid across the finish on his back, but Grondin was awarded bronze after the jury ruled race interference following video replay. Austria's Jakob Dusek and Australia's Adam Lambert won gold and silver, respectively. WATCH l Grondin takes home bronze after late crash: Canada's Eliot Grondin finishes 3rd despite crashing in snowboard cross final 2 hours ago Duration 6:04 Eliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., went down on the final jump but managed to secure a third-place finish at the World Cup snowboard cross race in Gudauri. Grondin was third in qualifying on Friday to find himself in the mix Saturday. The two-time Olympian grabbed silver last Saturday in Erzurum, Turkey. He also won gold on Feb. 2 and Feb. 1 in Beidahu, China.
CBC
08-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Eliot Grondin finishes 3rd despite crashing in snowboard cross final
Eliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., went down on the final jump but managed to secure a third-place finish at the World Cup snowboard cross race in Gudauri.
CBC
01-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Grondin earns silver medal in World Cup men's snowboard cross
Canada's Eliot Grondin earned a World Cup silver medal at a men's snowboard cross competition on Saturday in Erzurum, Turkey. Grondin finished behind Germany's Leon Ulbricht and ahead of Nick Baumgartner of the United States on the podium. The Sainte-Marie, Que., native was the top qualifier on Friday entering Saturday's final. It's the second World Cup medal of the season for the 23-year-old Grondin. WATCH l Grondin captures Saturday's snowboard cross gold in China: Canada's Eliot Grondin caps gold weekend with 2nd snowboard cross win 27 days ago Duration 3:37 Eliot Grondin's back-to-back wins in Beidahu propel him to the top of the world cup overall standings.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canada's Grondin earns World Cup silver in men's snowboard cross
ERZURUM — Canada's Eliot Grondin earned World Cup silver in the men's snowboard cross on Saturday. Grondin finished behind Germany's Leon Ulbricht and ahead of Nick Baumgartner of the United States on the podium. The Sainte-Marie, Que., native was the top qualifier on Friday entering Saturday's final. It's the second World Cup medal of the season for the 23-year-old Grondin. He earned gold on Feb. 2 in China. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1, 2025. The Canadian Press
