Reira Iwabuchi and Mons Roisland claim Copper Mountain Big Air successes
BySportsbeat
Updated 10/12/2017 at 22:23 GMT
Japan's Reira Iwabuchi and Norway's Mons Roisland were both left celebrating World Cup victories as they triumphed in the latest Big Air competition at the Copper Mountain Resort in America.
Mons Roisland of Norway competes in the final of the FIS Snowboard World Cup 2018 Men's Big Air during the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix on December 10, 2017 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Roisland finished in first place.
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So far this season it's been Iwabuchi's teammate Miyabi Onitsuka who has been grabbing the headlines for Japan with second-place finishes in the last two competitions in Beijing and Monchengladbach.
However with Onitsuka absent, along with World Cup leader Anna Gasser, Iwabuchi made the most of the opportunity to clinch top spot and her first podium finish of the season.
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Silje Norendal #4 of Norway, Reira Iwabuchi #19 of Japan and Julia Marino #3 of the United States pose on the medals podium after the FIS World Cup 2018 Ladies Snowboard Big Air final during the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix on December 10, 2017 in Copper Mounta
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Her best two runs came on her first and last efforts, finishing on an overall total of 169.25.
That was comfortably clear of American Julia Marino in second on 160.25 while Norway's Silje Norendal completed the top three with 156.75.
The latter was the biggest winner in the World Cup standings, collecting 600 points to move up to fifth on 1260.00 points, while Gasser still leads on 2000.
Meanwhile in the men's competition it was Roisland who triumphed ahead of the chasing American pack.
The Norwegian totalled 182.75 from his best two efforts, enough to take the win ahead of Chris Corning (177.25), Chandler Hunt (159.00) and Ryan Stassel (154.50.)
Corning does however move into the Big Air World Cup lead after picking up 800 points to sit on 1800, 300 ahead of Japan's Yuri Okubo who could only manage an eighth-place finish on Sunday.
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