This picture captured from the Worldwide Ski Federation’s social media web page reveals Korean snowboarder Choi Ga-on, who gained a World Cup title within the girls’s halfpipe in Zhangjiakou, China, Friday. Yonhap
Teen snowboarder Choi Ga-on captured her first World Cup title of the season within the girls’s halfpipe in China on Friday, after staging an enormous comeback in her second of two makes an attempt.
Choi completed first with 92.75 factors on the Worldwide Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup in Zhangjiakou, China, 2.50 factors forward of Rise Kudo of Japan. Cai Xuetong of China completed third with 80.50 factors.
This was Choi’s first World Cup victory since December 2023 and bodes properly for Choi’s medal prospects on the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February.
Choi, 17, topped the qualification stage with 93.00 factors earlier within the week, however she solely earned 23.75 factors within the first run of the ultimate. By the point Choi was prepared for her second run, she was in final place — with three boarders beneath her after the primary run having all posted increased scores than Choi’s preliminary rating of their second runs.
Choi went out and posted the very best rating by anybody within the remaining to grab the comeback win.
In an announcement launched by her Seoul-based company, All That Sports activities, Choi stated she tried a few of her greatest strikes within the first run however dangerous climate circumstances affected her efficiency.
“I actually bore down within the second run and nailed my strikes,” she stated. “I did not wish to lose. And with the Olympics simply across the nook, I’ll attempt to do my greatest there and haven’t any regrets.”
The subsequent World Cup cease will probably be in Copper Mountain, Colorado, subsequent week.
