By Canadian Press

Canadian Elena Gaskell earns freestyle big air bronze at home

Mar 16, 2019 | 5:07 PM

QUEBEC — Canadian Elena Gaskell captured a bronze medal in a freestyle skiing big air World Cup event on Saturday.

The native of Vernon, B.C., got 158 points, finishing just behind Kea Kuehnel (160.50) of Germany.

Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud (178) took gold.

Yuka Tsubota of Whistler, B.C., was fourth and Megan Oldham of Parry Sound, Ont., was fifth.

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On the men’s side, Philippe Langevin of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was the top Canadian, finishing fifth. Max Moffatt of Caledon, Ont., was sixth.

Lukas Muellauer of Austria took gold, while Faban Boesch and Andri Ragettli of Switzerland earned silver and bronze, respectively.

A snowboard big air event was held later on Saturday.

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