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Asian athletes were to dominate the halfpipe competitions of Audi New Zealand Winter Games are valid for the World Cup snowboarding.
Monday 31 August 2015 3 minutes reading time
In a final in which the athletes have had to deal with a dense fog that forced organizers to suspend for a couple of times the race, they were the Japanese and the Chinese Raibu Katayama Cai Xuetong to take home the victory.
For twenty Japanese, this Cardrona was only his third career race in the World Cup, but un''ottima first run allowed him to get the 90.00 points that were needed to get the win putting behind two medalists of the Olympic Games in Sochi dell''anno last.
Second place & egrave; He went to another Japanese Taku Hiraoka, bronze medal in Sochi, that & egrave; managed to hit the podium for the score of 89.00 obtained with a huge third and final run took place after the second break due to fog.
Third place went to Olympic champion, Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov, with a score of 86.75 set during the second run. The almost twenty-seven Swiss is & egrave; then worsened of 5.50 points compared to the qualification of Friday & Igrave ;, in which he had recorded a score of 92.25 that if it was repeated in the final would have earned him the victory.
Fourth place with 86.00 points for the American Gregory Bretz, third after the second run.
In the women's world champion in office Cai Xuetong started immediately to his great season getting his seventh career win in the World Cup for the score of 88.00 did score early in the first run of the final.
Second place went to the Japanese Hikaru Oe and step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium for the French Sophie Rodriguez, respectively with scores of 83.25 and 81.00.
Only sixth place for American Kelly Clark, who Friday & Igrave; He had won the qualification with a score of 93.75.
The next round of the World Cup snowboard sar & agrave; November 14, when the magnificent backdrop of the Olympic Park in London will take place the big air competitions.
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