Canada’s Liam Brearley wins snowboard slopestyle world title
The 22-year-old from Gravenhurst, Ont., scored 90.15 points on his second run to claim his first-ever world championship medal.
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SAINT MORITZ — Canada’s Liam Brearley captured men’s slopestyle gold at the snowboard world championships on Friday.
The 22-year-old from Gravenhurst, Ont., scored 90.15 points on his second run to claim his first-ever world championship medal.
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Olympic champion Su Yiming, of China, earned silver with 85.07, while American Oliver Martin took bronze with 78.98.
Cameron Spalding, of Havelock, Ont., finished sixth.
Reigning Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand claimed the women’s title, with Japan’s Kokomo Murase taking silver and Reira Iwabuchi earning bronze.
Quebec City’s Laurie Blouin finished 10th.
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