Anna Gasser wins final World Cup slopestyle event of 2021/2022 snowboard season in Silvaplana
The two-time Olympic champion ended her season in style with the first World Cup victory during this campaign.
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Two-time Olympic snowboard gold medallist Anna Gasser has ended her season with a win as she claimed the sixth and final World Cup slopestyle event in Silvaplana, Switzerland, on Sunday (27 March).
After leading the scores after the first run with 89.60 points, the 30-year-old Austrian stomped a 95.40 in the second to held off Laurie Blouin of Canada (90.20).
Japan's Murase Kokomo, who secured both the slopestyle and overall globe, finished in third place with 87.20.
That was Gasser's first World Cup victory during the 2021/2022 campaign, after three podiums, one in slopestyle and two in big air.
Reigning slopestyle world champion Marcus Kleveland of Norway took the men's event, with New Zealand's Tiarn Collins claiming the discipline title and fellow Norwegian Mons Roisland, today second, the overall.
2022 Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup in Silvaplana - Results
Women
Anna Gasser (AUT): 95.40 points
Laurie Blouin (CAN): 90.20 points
Kokomo Murase (JPN): 87.20 points
Men
Marcus Kleveland (NOR): 91.60 points
Mons Roisland (NOR): 90.20 points
Valentino Guseli (AUS): 89.40 points