World Cup season drawing to a close

As the season draws closer to its end, it has been a busy week for Australian athletes on the FIS World Cup circuit, with plenty more competition coming up this weekend.

Cross Country
Lars Young Vik finished 50th in the sprint at the World Cup in Drammen, Norway earlier in the week.
This weekend he is joined at the World Cup in Falun, Sweden by Phoebe Cridland, Ellen Soehol Lie and Phil Bellingham who is lining up for his 100th individual World Cup start.

“Falun is one of the biggest World Cup events of the year, usually with good crowds and good vibes,” said Young Vik. “We’re keen to leave it all out on the track to finish up the international season.”

In addition to the 10km classic and sprint free events, the four skiers will form Australia’s first mixed team relay at a World Cup, which the whole squad is looking forward to.

“The mixed team relay is setting an electric mood for this weekend’s races and we’re all eager for it to get underway,” said Cridland.

Link to results

Following this weekend, Bellingham will head to Tallinn, Estonia for a midweek sprint World Cup.

Snowboard Cross
Josie Baff claimed another podium finish overnight at the snowboard cross World Cup in Veysonnez, finishing third behind 2021 and 2023 World Champions Charlotte Bankes (GBR) and Eva Adamczykova (CZE).

In the men’s event, Adam Lambert finished 10th and Cameron Bolton 31st. Link to results

The final World Cup of the season is next weekend in Mt St Anne, Canada.

Freestyle Skiing
The aerials and moguls World Cup Finals will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan this weekend.

Danielle Scott leads the race to the aerials crystal globe, while Laura Peel and Airleigh Frigo are also in action. 

Matt Graham and crystal globe winner Jakara Anthony had double success at the last moguls World Cup in Deer Valley more than a month ago and will be hoping to repeat their efforts this weekend. Link to results

Para Alpine
The Para Alpine World Cup Finals have been taking place in Italy over the past week.

In Sella Nevea, Patrick Jensen and guide Ethan Jackson were fifth in the two downhill races, however super G was cancelled due to weather. Sit skier Josh Hanlon recorded DNFs in both downhill races.

The technical events are being held in Cortina where Jensen and Jackson placed fourth in the first giant slalom race but recorded a DNF in the second event. The final slalom race of the season is scheduled for Friday night (AEDT). Link to results

Freeski/Snowboard
Mabel Ashburn finished 18th in slopestyle qualifying at the World Cup in Tignes, France overnight, but did not progress to the final. 

Cameron Waddell will attempt to qualify for the men’s final later tonight. Link to results

The final World Cup of the season will be contested next week in Silvaplana, Switzerland.

Following ski slopestyle, Silvaplana will also host the final snowboard slopestyle World Cup of the season with Valentino Guseli, Tess Coady, Jesse Parkinson and Meila Stalker in action. Link to results

Alpine Snowboard
Millie Bongiorno finished 29th and Harvey Edmanson 40th at the parallel slalom World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia earlier this week.

The final World Cup of 2022/23 for alpine snowboard will be held this weekend in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Link to results