Coady finishes snow season with slopestyle silver
Published Sun 26 Mar 2023
Courtesy OWIA
Tess Coady has wrapped up her competition season in style, with a silver medal performance in the slopestyle event overnight at the World Cup final at Silvaplana, located in the iconic St Moritz-Engadin region in Switzerland.
The podium performance is the third of the season for 22-year-old snowboarder from Melbourne, also claiming a bonze medal earlier this month in the big air discipline at the World Championships in Bakuriani, and a silver medal in slopestyle during January at the X-Games in Aspen.
In the best of two run final, Coady made an impressive start with the highest score of all competitors in the first run, with her high-quality rail section and jumps giving her a score of 85 points.
“Stocked to finish the competition season on the blocks with Julia and Anna, time for some spring shredding” said the 2022 Olympic bronze medallist.
American Julia Marino just edged Coady in the final run, scoring 87.25 points to record victory, with Austrian Anna Gasser rounding out the podium in third with 82.25
Also in the final for Australia was Melia Stalker, who had a personal best World Cup finish in eighth place, with her best run coming in the first run with a 57.25.
Later in the afternoon, the men’s snowboard qualifying took place. Big Air World Cup Champion Valentino Guseli finished well down in 20th place and fellow teenager Jess Parkinson was 24th. Both riders missed out on advancing to the final.