22-year-old year Canadian Snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet of Montcalm, Quebec has picked up his first individual international medal at the senior level, claiming bronze in men’s parallel slalom small final at the world championships in Bakuriani, Georgia.
Reports have it that Gaudet took the early lead against Fabian Obmann of Austria and was 63 seconds quicker to the finish line.
Remarkably, the development marked the first parallel snowboard medals at worlds since Jasey-Jay Anderson and Matthew Morrison were first and third, respectively, in parallel giant slalom in 2009.
Recall that Gaudet beat fellow Canadian Darren Gardner in the round of 16 and giant slalom silver medallist Dario Caviezel of Switzerland in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual big final champion Andreas Prommegger in the semifinals.
The medalist, who ranked 13th in qualifying for the latest competition, also reached the elimination bracket in Sunday’s parallel large slalom and was 14th after earning bronze in parallel giant slalom at junior worlds in 2020.
On the other hand, Gardner finished 12th overall while teammates Ben Heldman and Jamie Behan were stopped in qualifying and placed 20th and 35th.
Meanwhile, Abby van Groningen was the lone Canadian female competing and finished 37th in an event won by Julie Zogg of Switzerland.
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