Iwabuchi and Yiming win Snowboard World Cup at Steamboat at Snowboard big air World Cup event
BySportsbeat
Updated 04/12/2021 at 20:24 GMT
Iwabuchi and Yiming both continued their rapid rises with big air victories at the US resort. Two-time Winter X Games medallist Iwabuchi scored a combined total of 178.25 from her best two jumps, with the Japanese winning by over 30 points. Austria's reigning Winter Olympic champion Anna Gasser finished second.
Snowboard Steamboat Women : Iwabuchi wins
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Reira Iwabuchi and Su Yiming claimed Snowboard big air World Cup victories at the US ski resort of Steamboat.
Two-time Winter X Games medallist Iwabuchi scored a combined total of 178.25 from her best two jumps, with the Japanese winning by over 30 points.
Austria's reigning Winter Olympic champion Anna Gasser finished second with a combined score of 148.00, with German Annika Morgan third with a score of 132.25.
American Hailey Langland just missed out on the podium as she finished fourth, with Team GB's Katie Ormerod in fifth.
In the men's event, 17-year-old Yiming cemented his place as one of the brightest prospects in Winter sports with victory.
The Chinese star recorded a combined score of 155.25 to take gold, with Austria's Clemens Millauer finishing in second with a total of 139.50.
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