Canada's Evan McEachran captures slopestyle bronze at freestyle skiing World Cup

Yuri Coghe · CBC Sports

· Posted: Jan 10, 2022 12:55 AM EST | Last Updated: January 10, 2022

Canadian freestyle skier and 2018 Olympian Evan McEachran put an extremity to a two-year wait when helium captured slopestyle bronze astatine the World Cup halt successful Mammoth Lakes, Calif., connected Sunday.

The 24-year-old from Oakville, Ont., posted a people of 93.00 connected his 2nd and last run at Mammoth Mountain to unafraid his fourth vocation World Cup podium decorativeness and first since 2019.

"I made immoderate errors connected the rails connected my archetypal run, adjacent though I had ne'er had that occupation during training, truthful I focused my vigor connected my 2nd run," said McEachran.

"I was shocked [by my score] and truly happy! Just being connected the podium means a batch to me."

Alexander Hall of the U.S. claimed golden connected the last tally of the time with a people of  95.50 — bumping McEachran out of metallic position.

Fellow American Nick Goepper was successful presumption to triumph it each pursuing his 2nd run, but helium yet took silver after finishing just 0.75 distant from Hall with 94.75.

Édouard Therriault of Lorraine, Que., and Calgary's Mark Hendrickson finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

Teal Harle of Campbell River, B.C., was 14th, while Max Moffatt of Caledon, Ont., finished 16th — meaning each Canadians in the men's lawsuit qualified for the 16-competitor final.

Moffatt is the top Canadian successful the wide slopestyle World Cup standings aft 2 events this play with 95 points. He won silver at the opening World Cup of the play successful Austria successful November.

Hall is successful 2nd spot with 111 points, followed by Goepper (104) and Birk Ruud of Norway (100).

McEachran, who is present ninth successful the standings with 60 points, volition opt retired of the adjacent World Cup lawsuit to bid earlier competing successful the X Games successful Aspen, Colorado in 2 weeks.

"It's brainsick that the X Games and the Olympics are back-to-back! I grew up watching the X Games and they've ever been a imagination of mine. Having our athletics included successful the Olympics is different astonishing accidental for us!" said McEachran, who hopes to beryllium portion of the Canadian contingent successful Beijing adjacent month.

Asselin narrowly misses women's podium

In the women's event, Olivia Asselin of Lac-Beauport, Que., finished 1 spot abbreviated of the podium successful 4th place.

Asselin had a people of 89.00 on her archetypal run, which was yet edged by American Maggie Voisin with 90.00 connected her 2nd tally for bronze.

Kelly Sildaru of Estonia earned the golden medal with a 93.75, while China's Eileen Gu posted a 91.00 tally for silver.

The 3rd of six freestyle skiing slopestyle World Cup events volition instrumentality spot adjacent play in Font Romeu, France.