Julia Marino, centre, of the United States, celebrates her victory with second place finisher Canada's Laurie Blouin, left, and third place finisher Canada's Jasmine Baird following the women's World Cup slopestyle snowboard event in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Canadian snowboarder Darcy Sharpe won men's World Cup slopestyle gold Sunday in Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CALGARY – Canadian snowboarder Darcy Sharpe won men’s World Cup slopestyle gold Sunday in Calgary.
The 27-year-old from Comox, B.C., posted a winning score of 88.85 points in the second of his three runs. Sharpe’s victory was the first of his career in slopestyle.
Dusty Henricksen of the United States was second with 82.66 and Sharpe’s Canadian teammate, Cameron Spalding of Moonstone, Ont., took third with 77.33.
Julia Marino of the United States won women’s gold ahead of runner-up Laurie Blouin of Quebec City and bronze medallist Jasmine Baird of Georgetown, Ont.
Marino won with a score of 78.36 points. Blouin scored 76.41 just ahead of Baird with 76.21.
Calgary’s World Cup was an international warmup for the world championship Feb. 19 to March 5 in Bakuriani, Georgia.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2023.
Note to readers: This is a corrected item. A previous version had the incorrect first name for Julia Marino.
