Canadian Olympic gold medalist Cassie Sharpe of Calgary, Alberta won the gold medal in a women’s halfpipe skiing competition in Mammoth Mountain, California on Saturday. Sharpe was one of three Canadians to medal in halfpipe skiing World Cup events this past weekend as Rachael Karker of Guelph, Ontario won the bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe skiing competition and Noah Bowman of Calgary, Alberta won the silver medal in the men’s halfpipe skiing competition.
Sharpe won the gold medal with a score of 90 points. She reached the podium by four points over fourth place finisher Brita Sigourney of the United States, who was in fourth place with 86 points. Valeriya Demidova of Russia won the silver medal with 89 points and Karker won the bronze medal with 88 points, two points more than Sigourney.
Bowman won the silver medal with 88.6 points. Aaron Blunck of the United States won the gold medal with 97.2 points. Lyman Currier of the United States won the bronze medal with 88.2 points. Bowman reached the podium by 0.6 points over Birk Irving of the United States, who had a fourth place score of 88 points.
Blunck leads the World Cup men’s halfpipe skiing standings with 340 points. Bowman is second with 320 points.
Karker is third with 200 points and Sharpe is 12th with 100 points in the women’s halfpipe skiing World Cup standings. Demidova leads with 285 points.
This was Sharpe’s eighth World Cup gold medal and ninth medal overall. She won gold in women’s halfpipe skiing at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
Karker has now won five career World Cup medals and three this season. She won a silver medal in Secret Garden, China on December 21 and a bronze medal in Copper Mountain, Colorado on December 13.
Bowman has now won 10 World Cup halfpipe skiing medals. Like Karker, he has won three medals this season. He previously won gold in Secret Garden, China on December 21 and bronze in Copper Mountain, Colorado on December 13. The medals for Sharpe, Karker and Bowman will give them confidence as they prepare for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
