The Canadian pairs were limited to one run on Saturday, in the parallel giant slalom team event at the World Cup in Simonhöhe, Austria. Skateboarders Arnaud Gaudet and Megan Farrell finished 19are, followed by Sébastien Beaulieu and Katrina Gerencser, 20are.
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Arnaud Gaudet was the first to start against the Russian Dmitry Karlagachev. The athlete from Montcalm, however, fell and her teammate tried to hang on, without managing to catch up against Natalia Soboleva.
“It didn’t go very well for me. Megan had to make up the maximum difference. She had a good run, but finished 0.44 seconds behind,” said Gaudet.
“The conditions were good, the weather was good and it was a good course. I would have really liked to do more than one run,” he added.
Sébastien Beaulieu and Katrina Gerencser were eliminated by the Germans Elias Huber and Ram Hofmeister. The Sherbrooke resident made a mistake in his trajectory at the top of the course and was 0.56 seconds behind his opponent after his race.
Her Ontario partner was unable to complete her run thereafter.
“Overall it was a good run. elias [Huber] is super fast on flat courses, so I was expecting a hot fight,” Beaulieu shared. My teammate unfortunately fell, but more fear than harm, she is in one piece! However, it meant the end of our day. »
The Austrians Alexander Payer and Sabine Schoeffmann shone at home by winning the grand final against the Germans Stefan Baumeister and Melanie Hochreiter. South Koreans Lee Sangho and Jeong Haerim finished third.
Quebecers will know at the beginning of the week if they are selected for the Beijing Olympics.
“It’s the first time in my life that I have stress rashes [éruptions cutanées reliées au stress], that sums up the situation! said Sébastien Beaulieu, who secured an Olympic qualification spot for Canada this week.
Arnaud Gaudet would also have preferred not to have to live with this uncertainty as to his possible Olympic qualification.
“I did not succeed in my objective of making one or more tops 16 in giant slalom this year. I’m not stressed, I’m just disappointed that I didn’t have enough good results to be sure to go there” he concluded.
Jasey-Jay Anderson is the third Quebec snowboarder with Olympic hopes in parallel giant slalom. If Beaulieu and Gaudet hope to live their first Olympics, Anderson would be at a seventh participation.