. world snowboard news : Lucile Lefevre and Markus Malin claim career`s first World Cup win at Halfpipe World Cup in Ruka - 17 December 2011 - 22:00
SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE. Lucile Lefevre (FRA) and Markus Malin (FIN) have celebrated their career's first World Cup win in Ruka. At the season's third halfpipe competition of the 2012 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup, Lefevre, the French best ladies' qualifier, not only secured the top spot with a score of 81.3 points but also took over the Halfpipe World Cup lead with 1,290 points. Facing temperatures around zero degrees, her team mate Emma Bernard (FRA, 80) finished as second while Ella Suitiala (FIN) rounded out the podium with 67.3 points as third.
On the men's side, Markus Malin secured his first ever World Cup win with 94 points and thus also made his fellow country men proud as his top score of the day way also equivalent with the first ever Finnish home turf win in the World Cup history. Steve Krijbolder (NED, 88) came in second in Ruka, which had hosted two World Cup stops in 2001 and 2002 before. Aleksi Kumpulainen (FIN) earned the last spot on the podium bringing home a total score of 83.3.
The LG Snowboard FIS World Cup continues with the sole SBX Team event taking place in Telluride, CO, in just a few hours.
FISsnowboard.com
Saturday 17 December 2011