Meryeta O’Dine of Prince George teamed up with Eliot Grondin of Ste. Marie, Que., to finish 13th Friday in the snowboard cross world championship team event in Idre Fjall, Sweden.
O’Dine, 23, the fourth-quickest qualifier for the women’s individual event, went on to place 14th in the solo competition as the top Canadian. Grondin was the bronze medalist in the individual men’s event on Thursday.
Australians Jarryd Hughes and Belle Brockhoff won team gold, Italy (Lorenzo Sommaliva/Michela Moioli) captured silver and France (Leo Le Ble Jaques/Julia Perreira de Sousa Mabileau) took bronze.
Liam Moffatt of Truro, N.S., and Zoe Bergermann of Erin, Ont., were the top Canadians in the team race, finishing eighth.
Colby Graham of Prince George, who qualified 38th, did not advance to the individual event, won by Lucas Eguibar of Spain. Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain won the women’s individual title on Thursday.
The world alpine/snowboard championships resume Saturday with the ski cross event. Tiana Gairns of Prince George was fifth in qualifying on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Prince George Alpine Ski Club alumni will be vying for her first medal on the World Cup/worlds championship tour.
Live coverage of the ski cross championship will be broadcast on CBC television starting at 3:30 a.m. PT Saturday. Each heat will include four skiers racing head-to-head and only the top two finishers will advance to the next round.
Meanwhile, at the biathlon world championships in Pokljuka, Slovenia, it was a good day for Canada. Three of the four men entered in Friday’s sprint qualified for the pursuit on Sunday.
Christian Gow of Canmore shot clean in two rounds at the range and finished 17th in the 10-kilometre sprint, his best result this season since placing 14th a month ago in the World Cup pursuit in Oberhof, Germany. Trevor Kiers of Calgary was 48th and Adam Runnalls of Calgary ended up 56th.
Only the top 60 advance to the pursuit. Scott Gow of Canmore was 77th out of 104 starters.
Saturday in Pokljuka, Sarah Beaudry of Prince George will the last of 99 racers out of the gate for the 7.5 km women’s sprint. Emma Lunder of Vernon will be the first Canadian on the course, starting fifth. Megan Bankes of Calgary drew the 56th start order and Nadia Moser of Whitehorse, Yukon will start 72nd.
The women’s sprint will be streamed live on eurovisionsports.tv starting at 4 a.m. PT.
