Canadian freestyle skier Mark Hendrickson wins slopestyle gold
Canada’s Mark Hendrickson won his first-ever World Cup slopestyle skiing medal on Saturday, taking gold in Font Romeu, France.
The Calgary skier — whose previous best finish at a World Cup event was 10th — scored a 86.30 on his first run that stood up as the winner.
«I didn’t really expect that at all,» Hendrickson said after the event. «I know it’s cliche, but I’m at a loss for words.»
Jesper Tjader of Sweden (85.70) took silver while American Cody Laplante (83.45) won bronze.
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