Vancouver (AFP) - Canadian veteran Jasey Jay Anderson rose to the challange and upset Austrian favourite Benjamin Karl to win the men's snowboard parallel slalom gold on Saturday and spark more celebrations for the host country.
The 34-year-old was behind after his first run but powered through his second in heavy fog on Cypress Mountain to beat Karl, the 2009 parallel slalom world champion, by 0.35sec, with France's Matthieu Bozzetto claiming the bronze.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian snowboarder Jasey Jay Anderson overcame dismal conditions on Saturday to win gold in the Olympic men's parallel giant slalom watched by his two young daughters.
SportsAnderson thrilled the rain-soaked crowd at the last event on weather-challenged Cypress Mountain as he raced through the dense fog and squeezed past Austria's Benjamin Karl to win.
The Canadian started with a slight time deficit after the first run of the final but made up ground coming down the course and finished a few board lengths ahead of Karl.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's Jasey Jay Anderson thrilled the rain-soaked crowd as he raced through fog and squeezed past Austria's Benjamin Karl to win gold in the Olympic men's snowboarding parallel giant slalom on Saturday.
SportsAnderson started with a slight time deficit after the first run of the final but made up ground in the middle of the second and finished a few board lengths ahead of Karl who took the silver.
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Jasey-Jay Anderson of Canada has won the Olympic gold medal in parallel giant slalom, overcoming Austria’s Benjamin Karl for the victory.
Anderson began the second of the two-race final Saturday with a .76-second deficit, but kept carving away at the lead and crossed .35 seconds ahead of the world’s top-ranked rider.
Mathieu Bozzetto of France won bronze.
