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Canada's Grondin wins snowboard cross gold after securing season title in Quebec
Canada's Grondin wins snowboard cross gold after securing season title in Quebec

CBC

time06-04-2025

  • 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.'

Canadian snowboard cross racer Éliot Grondin secures Crystal Globe with silver-medal win in Quebec
Canadian snowboard cross racer Éliot Grondin secures Crystal Globe with silver-medal win in Quebec

CBC

time05-04-2025

  • Sport
  • CBC

Canadian snowboard cross racer Éliot Grondin secures Crystal Globe with silver-medal win in Quebec

Social Sharing 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: Canada's Éliot Grondin shreds to a snowboard cross world championship title 8 days ago Duration 7:16 A world junior champion in 2021, Éliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., earned his first senior world championship title at the 2025 FIS snowboard world championships in Corviglia, Switzerland. Grondin has won two golds, three silvers, and a bronze medal on the World Cup circuit this season. There is one World Cup event event remaining tomorrow, which will stream live on CBC Gem and WATCH | Grondin sits down in Switzerland to talk snowboarding success: Éliot Grondin sits down in Switzerland to talk snowboarding success 10 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.' 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.

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