#FlashBack Winter 2021:
Tess Ledeux (FRA) and Colby Stevenson (USA) win the
8th Freeski World Cup in Silvaplana, SANKT MORITZ, Switzerland !

(Silvaplana near St. Moritz/SUI – March 27th, 2021)
All eyes were focused on Corvatsch Park today for the last FIS Freeski World Cup of the season in Silvaplana/Engadin. Tess Ledeux (FRA) and Colby Stevenson (USA) win the Slopestyle and take home the titles as well
as CHF 11.250 prize-money. This is her 2nd Corvatsch title after 2018 for Tess, whereas it’s Colby’s first win here. Tess as well as Colby also took home the 2020/21 slopestyle and FIS Freeski overall crystal globes.

Snowfall, wind and fog are challenging conditions for riders and organizers. Despite the difficult weather conditions, the 8 women and 16 men delivered a great show. In the women’s field Tess Ledeux (FRA), who won the two previous Slopestyle World Cups this season, was the
big favorite. She fell in her first run and ranked last before going into the 2nd one. Then she proved nerves of steel and threw down a great run which earned here the top score of the day (88.75), catapulting here directly on top of the podium. Ledeux stated: “I am so happy to land
my run. It’s just incredible I won my 3rd World Cup this season and my first overall Crystal Globe.” Olympic Champion Sarah Höfflin (SUI), in the lead after the 1st run, finished 2nd.
The last women to drop in the finals was Vice-World Champion Mathilde Gremaud (SUI), who couldn’t land her first run and knew, that she had to throw down here 2nd run safely. And that’s what she did. With 83.75 points she managed to claim the last podium spot as 3rd.

In the men’s finals Vice-World Champion Colby Stevenson, who just won the Aspen World Cup last week, clearly dominated today’s competition. He was without a doubt invincible and impressed judges and fellow riders alike with sensational riding. In the lead already after the
first run, he managed to score even more points with his 2nd one (96.75 points): “Weather was in and out, but we were able to put down some sick runs. I definitely landed the best run of my life! Super stoked, it’s a blessing to be here.” Norwegian Ferdinand Dahl (sitting in 15th place after the first round) threw down an impressive 2nd run which earned him the 2nd highest score of the day (93.00 points). Alexander Hall (USA), 2021 Bronze medal winner at the World Championships, completed the podium as 3rd. Oliwer Magnusson from Sweden, yesterday’s qualification winner, narrowly missed out on a podium place as 4th
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Winning Runs:
Tess Ledeux: backswap to forward, left alley oop tail, left back 4, switch left 7 mute, switch right bio 9 safety, left cork 7 tail, right front 4 Colby Stevenson: switch right 2 backslide continuing 2, right 7 mute, switch left 2 backslide continuing 4, switch right double 14 safety, switch left double 16 Cuban, left double 14 Japan to oop Japan, left back 810 tail

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