Canada's Edouard Therriault wins slopestyle bronze at freestyle skiing World Cup event

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· Posted: Jan 16, 2022 7:09 AM EST | Last Updated: January 16, 2022

Canada's Édouard Therriault will bring location his archetypal vocation World Cup freestyle skiing medal from a slopestyle contention successful Font Romeu, France connected Sunday.

The 18-year-old freestyle skier from Lorraine, Que., scored 81.71 on his archetypal run, bully capable to gain a bronze medal down Andri Ragettli (86.36) of Switzerland and Ben Barclay (82.71) of New Zealand.

"I had my regular set, and I went into it without reasoning oregon worrying excessively overmuch astir what everybody other was going to do. I conscionable believed successful myself, trusted myself and it worked retired great," Therriault said aft the medal ceremony. "I'm truly blessed with my performance. It's an astonishing feeling."

Fellow Canadians Teal Harle, of Campbell River, B.C., and Calgary's Mark Hendrickson finished 4th and fifth, respectively.

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"We each truly wanted to bash good starring to the Olympics, and to unafraid much spots for Canada successful aboriginal competitions," Therriault said. "I'm truly arrogant of my squad and what we did this play – I consciousness similar we outdid ourselves and it's truly amusive for Canada. We pulled together."

Therriault volition adjacent vie in Aspen, Colo. astatine his first X Games, wherever he'll effort and marque advancement towards imaginable information successful the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

"The X Games person been my imagination since I was young, truthful adjacent play is going to beryllium an unthinkable experience," Therriault said. "The much the play progresses, the amended I consciousness connected my skis, and the amended my results are.

"I truly judge I person bully momentum close now. As always, my extremity is to amended connected my ain performances, and that's what I'm going to purpose for again."

No Canadian skiers were successful enactment successful the women's event, which was won by Tess Ledeux of France. Marin Hamill of the U.S. took metallic and Austria's Lara Wolf claimed bronze.