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CALGARY — Canadian snowboarder Elizabeth Hosking capped her World Cup halfpipe season Friday the same way she started, which was standing on the podium. The 21-year-old from Longueuil, Que., finished second in Calgary’s halfpipe…

Canada's Elizabeth Hosking claimed silver in the women's World Cup snowboard halfpipe on Friday in Calgary.The 21-year-old from Longueuil, Que., had a top score of 86 points.Japan's Mitsuki Ono stood atop the podium with 89.75.…

Brooke D'Hondt has dropped into Calgary's halfpipe a 10-minute drive from home more times than she can count, but the snowboarder will compete in her first World Cup there starting Thursday.The youngest member of Canada's 2022 Olympic team…

Canadian freestyle skier Rachael Karker secured the first crystal globe of her career on Friday at Mammoth Mountain, Calif., earning her fourth medal of the freeski halfpipe World Cup season.The 25-year-old from Erin, Ont., finished atop…

Rachael Karker of Erin, Ont., finished second Saturday at the women's freeski halfpipe World Cup in Calgary behind 19-year-old Eileen Gu of China.The American-born Gu posted a winning score of 93.50 ahead of Karker's 85.50.Gu and Karker…

Canada's Brendan Mackay and Simon d'Artois earned silver and bronze in the men's freeski halfpipe World Cup on Thursday in Calgary.Mackay finished with a score of 94.50, while d'Artois was close behind at 93.00."Extraordinary"…

Canada stole the show at the season-opening freeski halfpipe World Cup at Copper Mountain in Colorado on Saturday, earning a double podium finish in both the women's and men's events.Erin, Ont., native Rachael Karker captured gold in the…

Nico Porteous wins New Zealand's second-ever gold 20-year-old Nico Porteous emerged victorious in a wild halfpipe final on Saturday, despite a crash on his final run that left him bleeding from one ear and nursing a sore shoulder. Porteous…

Team GB's Gus Kenworthy admits he is 'happy to be walking' after crashing in the men's halfpipe final in Beijing to finish eighth amid treacherous weather conditionsGreat Britain's Gus Kenworthy finished eighth in the halfpipe…

Cassie Sharpe captured silver and Rachael Karker claimed bronze in the women's freeski halfpipe final on Friday for Canada's 21st and 22nd medals at the Beijing Olympics. China's Eileen Gu won gold for her third medal in Beijing. It is…