Canada's Eliot Grondin wins silver in World Cup snowboard cross

Eliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie Que., celebrates his victory in the men’s finals, at the FIS snowboard cross world cup event at Mont-Sainte-Anne resort, in Beaupre, Que., Saturday, March 25, 2023. Grondin won silver at a World Cup snowboard cross competition in Spain on Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

March 02, 2024 - 11:28 AM

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain - Canada's Eliot Grondin won silver at a World Cup snowboard cross competition Saturday.

Grondin, from Sainte-Marie, Que., finished behind Germany's Leon Ulbricht in the big final for his sixth podium appearance of the World Cup season.

American Jake Vedder took the bronze.

Liam Moffatt of Truro, N.S., was 12th.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 2, 2024.

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