Cassie Sharpe takes gold in a women’s world cup halfpipe ski event in France Thursday. The Olympic gold medallist in PyeongChang from Comox takes top spot in the overall standings. Photo courtesy CBC.
A month after taking gold at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Comox skier Cassie Sharpe has added a World Cup title to her collection.
Sharpe took gold in the final women’s halfpipe world cup event in Tignes, France, Thursday.
The victory also gives Sharpe the Crystal Globe for finishing first in the women’s halfpipe standings for the season.
Cassie Sharpe adds a Crystal Globe to her Olympic ?. @NoahBowmanSki earns his first career World Cup victory.
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— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) March 22, 2018
Sharpe’s victory in France was a narrow one, finishing with a score of 90.40 and edging Marie Martinod of France by .40 points.
In the overall halfpipe standings, Sharpe earned 329 points, 23 more than second-place finisher Brita Sigourney of the United States.
Sigourney had a third-place finish in Tignes event.
Cassie Sharpe of Comox takes the Crystal Globe for her World Cup Halfpipe championship. It comes just over a month after Sharpe took gold in the women’s halfpipe at the PyeongChang Olympcis. Photo courtesy Twitter/Freestyle Canada.
Photo courtesy Twitter/FIS Freestyle.
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