Ruka, Finland –France’s Lucile Lefevre and Markus Malin of Finland each celebrated their career’s first World Cup win in Ruka on Saturday. At the season’s third halfpipe competition of the 2012 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup, Lefevre, the best ladies’ qualifier, not only secured the top spot with a score of 81.3 points but also took over the Halfpipe World Cup lead with 1,290 points.
“This is only my second World Cup event,” acknowledged an excited Lefevre. “I’m super happy to have this result!”
Facing temperatures under the lights that hovered around the freezing mark and fog so thick that the judges had to move for a better view, Lefevre’s French teammate Emma Bernard took silver while Finland’s Ella Suitiala rounded out the podium in third in her World Cup debut.
An unusually small field for a World Cup event allowed newcomers to make their mark on Saturday. Malin jumps up to second position in the World Cup standings with 1,150 points. His fellow countryman Janne Korpi still sits in first with 1,600 points.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
LG Snowboard FIS World Cup
Ruka, Finland – Dec. 17, 2011
Halfpipe
Women:
Rank | Bib | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Points |
1 | 11 | LEFEVRE Lucile | 1995 | FRA | 1000.00 | 1000.00 |
2 | 2 | BERNARD Emma | 1994 | FRA | 800.00 | 800.00 |
3 | 3 | SUITIALA Ella | 1989 | FIN | 600.00 | 600.00 |
4 | 1 | PEHKONEN Saana | FIN | 500.00 | 500.00 | |
5 | 13 | ENNE Merika | 1992 | FIN | 450.00 | 450.00 |
6 | 12 | ZAJAC Joanna | 1990 | POL | 400.00 | 400.00 |
7 | 10 | ALAPIETI Tytti | 1986 | FIN | 360.00 | 360.00 |
8 | 5 | PIASECKA Julia | 1991 | POL | 320.00 | 320.00 |
9 | 6 | LAUKKANEN Ruut | 1992 | FIN | 290.00 | 290.00 |
10 | 4 | HADT Magdalena | 1993 | POL | 260.00 | 260.00 |
Men:
Rank | Bib | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Points |
1 | 3 | MALIN Markus | 1987 | FIN | 1000.00 | 1000.00 |
2 | 6 | KRIJBOLDER Steve | 1991 | NED | 800.00 | 800.00 |
3 | 10 | KUMPULAINEN Aleksi | 1991 | FIN | 600.00 | 600.00 |
4 | 1 | WAL, VAN DER Dolf | 1987 | NED | 500.00 | 500.00 |
5 | 2 | MINDRUL Dmitry | 1991 | RUS | 450.00 | 450.00 |
6 | 12 | LAHTI Joel | 1987 | FIN | 400.00 | 400.00 |
7 | 21 | RAVNJAK Tim-Kevin | 1996 | SLO | 360.00 | 360.00 |
8 | 18 | TARASOV Sergey | 1988 | RUS | 320.00 | 320.00 |
9 | 22 | FARGAS Oriol | 1993 | SPA | 290.00 | 290.00 |
10 | 4 | BIRKENDAHL Linus | 1995 | GER | 260.00 | 260.00 |