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Shea, Dervaes and Mentel-Spee complete back-to-back wins
The U.S. pair of Mike Shea and Marc Dervaes completed back-to-back wins at the IPCAS Snowboard World Cup at the Big White Ski Resort, Canada on Sunday (26 January), whilst the Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee continued her unbeatable form. 27 Jan 2014
The Big White Resort (Kelowna, British Colombia, Canada) will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.
Shea (2:29.20), who won the men’s lower limb snowboard cross race on Saturday (25 January), finished ahead of his teammate Evan Strong (2:30.51), the only man to beat him this year in World Cup events. John Leslie (2:33.74) of Canada was third.
Shea now holds a comfortable lead in the World Cup standings heading into February’s finals event in La Molina, Spain.
The Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee also holds a commanding lead in the world rankings after she maintained her 100 per cent record in World Cup events on Sunday. The multi-world champion finished in 2:42.12, well ahead of the U.S. duo of Amy Purdy (3:04.16) in second and Heidi Jo Duce (3:08.17) in third.
For the second day in a row the USA’s Mark Dervaes (2:42.9) won the upper limb impairment race ahead of Australia’s Matthew Robinson (3:00.20).
The next major event in the IPCAS Snowboard calendar is the World Cup Finals which will take place 10-12 February in La Molina, the Spanish resort that hosted last year’s IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.
In March, athletes with a lower limb impairment will head to Sochi, Russia as snowboard makes its Paralympic Winter Games debut on 14 March.
