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Freeski & Snowboard Teams Earn Eleven Medals at Junior World Championships

By Annie Fast
March, 14 2022
Men's Freeski Halfpipe podium.
The men's freeski halfpipe podium: New Zealand's Gustav Legnavsky with gold, and U.S. skiers Matt Labaugh and Ben Fethke earning silver and bronze. (Martin Steffen / @Leysin22)

The 2022 U.S. Freeski Junior World Championships team earned a total of eleven medals during the six-day competition in Leysin, Switzerland, with the freeski team earning nine medals and two in snowboard.

“We’re very excited to return to Junior World Championships after a two-year break due to Covid, says U.S. Ski & Snowboard Sport Development Director Ashley Deibold, “The U.S. has a lot of very talented development athletes coming up through our pipeline and it was great to see how they stacked up against the best development athletes from around the world. We are proud of all of our Junior Worlds team athletes and it’s a bonus to be bring home eleven medals from Leysin.”

The freeski team earned nine of the 18 medals with several athletes earning multiple medals. U.S. Freeski Rookie Team athlete Troy Podmilsak earned gold in big air and slopestyle. Kate Gray, a member of the Mammoth Mountain Ski & Snowboard Club, medaled in all three disciplines earning two silvers and a bronze. While Matt Labaugh with the Ski & Snowboard Club Vail, took home a pair of silver medals in halfpipe and slopestyle. 

Congratulations to all of the skiers and snowboarders for a great week of competition. The future is bright! 

FREESKI

Men’s Freeski Halfpipe
Silver: Matt Labaugh (Ski & Snowboard Club Vail, Rocky Mountain Series)
Bronze: Ben Fethke 

Women’s Freeski Halfpipe
Silver: Kate Gray (Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team, Unbound Series)
Bronze: Piper Arnold (Sierra at Tahoe Competition Team, South Tahoe Series)

Men’s Freeski Big Air
Gold: Troy Podmilsak (U.S. Freeski Rookie Slopestyle Team, Park City Ski Team, Big Mountain West Series)

Women’s Freeski Big Air
Silver: Kate Gray (Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team, Unbound Series)

Men’s Freeski Slopestyle
Gold: Troy Podmilsak (U.S. Freeski Rookie Slopestyle Team, Park City Ski Team, Big Mountain West Series)
Silver: Matt Labaugh (Ski & Snowboard Club Vail, Rocky Mountain Series)

Women’s Freeski Slopestyle
Bronze: Kate Gray (Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team, Unbound Series)

SNOWBOARD

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle
Bronze: Fynn Bullock-Womble (U.S. Snowboard Rookie Team, Rocky Mountain Series)

Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe
Silver: Bea Kim (U.S. Snowboard Halfpipe Rookie Team, Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team, Unbound Series)

Complete Freeski Results
Complete Snowboard Results 

 

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