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They were the wind and snow the protagonists of the second race of the season in the halfpipe World Cup held at Mammoth Mountain, California. & Nbsp;
Sunday 24 January 2016 5 minutes reading time
In the late afternoon of Friday Italian & Igrave ;, after the smooth running of the first run of the women's final, in the men's race only six athletes were able to play their test before the game was suspended because of worsening weather conditions.
After an hour of stop the wind & egrave; calmed down, and you & egrave; then it decided to redo the first run of men. But just when the race was sharing, the storm & egrave; recovery forcing 'organization to suspend the competition for the rest of the day and consider the' outcome of the first round of the women's race as the final one.
Victory & egrave; then he went to the Japanese Ayana Onozuka, which with a score of 85.00 is & egrave; He won his second career success in the World Cup after the one obtained in Park City last season. Second place with 80.40 points for Devin Logan, who won the first round of which took place in Cardrona, New Zealand, in August 2015. Third place with a score of 74.00 for New Zealand Janina Kuzma, who has so & Igrave; completed a podium on which rose the same athlete who had occupied the top three positions in New Zealand five months ago. In quell''occasione for ograve ;, & Kuzma had conquered the place of 'honor, while Onozuka had ended in third place.
The pi & ugrave; disappointed by race are Maddie Bowman and Cassie Sharpe, who after finishing in the top three qualifying had to be satisfied respectively the fifth and sixth place due to a bad first run.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave ;, when two races at the end of the season, the Logan & egrave; in the lead with 180 points, the Onozuka & egrave; a second portion 160 and the Kuzma & egrave; third with 140 points.
There '' & egrave; It was instead a chance & agrave; to finish the men's race even yesterday, and given that only six of the nine finalists had played the first run, the standings after the qualification & egrave; It was also the final one.
It & egrave; then he had a US poker in the top four, with the success & egrave; He went to the medal 'silver Olympic Games Sochi Gus Kenworthy, who preceded the Olympic champion David Wise, who finished second, and Aaron Blunck, who finished on the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium. Fourth place went to Alex Ferreira.
Frenchman Kevin Rolland, although seventh place, has maintained the first position in the ranking of specialty & agrave; in virt & ugrave; the win in Cardrona. Behind the Transalpine, in the lead with 136 points, 105 points c '' & egrave; Benoit Valentin in second place, while paired in third place are Aaron Blunck and Gus Kenworthy with 100 points.
Tonight starting at 22, weather permitting, in the resort & agrave; California will host the slopestyle finals.
The next round of the 'halfpipe World Cup will & agrave; Instead Feb. 3 to 5 in Park City. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;
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