Valentino Guseli earns his first World Championship medal, finishing just half a point from winning gold in the snowboard halfpipe at Bakuriani in Georgia.
abc.net.au/news/val-guseli-wins-snowboard-halfpipe-world-championship-silver/102053030Australia's teen sensation Valentino Guseli has won a silver medal in the snowboard halfpipe event at the FIS Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia.Valentino Guseli finished second in the snowboard halfpipe event, just 0.
Swiss veteran and bronze medallist from last year's Winter Olympics in Beijing Jan Scherrer led the field with an 89.25 in his first run, which looked set to stand the duration as the world's top competitors failed to execute their runs. "I perfected it a week before coming here, training in Laax, Switzerland, landing five in a row and felt really comfortable with them."
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