Michela Moioli (ITA) and Eliot Grondin (CAN) took their first World Championship victories on the Engadin 2025 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships on Friday, clinching their wins after tight racing all through the day.
Moioli had crashed in coaching on Wednesday, however bounced again for an ideal day of finals the place she held her nerve to return previous her rivals when it counted. She took gold in a photofinish, beating 2021 champion Charlotte Bankes (GBR) on the road.
Grondin received the qualification and was near successful each warmth, bar the quarterfinal the place veteran Nick Baumgartner (USA) edged out the World Cup chief.
In a thrilling remaining, the Canadian was the one who stayed coolest as 2023 champion Jakob Dusek (AUT) and Beijing 2022 Olympic champion Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT) got here collectively in the closing levels, and he got here by means of forward of the pack for his second World Championship medal after bronze in 2021.
