"Fifteen-year-old rookie Indra Brown and comeback kid Valentino Guseli have given Australia a timely golden double with impressive World Cup victories as the Winter Olympics loom large. Brown maintained her dramatic progression in her first three World Cup career starts, following a bronze medal at Secret Garden in China and silver at Copper Mountain in the US, as Saturday's freeski halfpipe victory in Calgary, Canada, made her the youngest Australian to win a World Cup event."
"Already an established star, Guseli, 20, followed up in the same location hours later by convincingly winning the gold medal in just his second World Cup snowboard halfpipe event since a serious knee injury in December 2024. Amazingly, Melburnian Brown now leads her World Cup standings halfway through the season with 240 points, 55 clear of China's Zhang Kexin. I'm really excited and happy to be here, and excited for more, Brown said."
"Zhang took the silver, one point behind on 84.20, with American Svea Irving getting bronze with 83.20, as last season's overall winner Li Fanghui had to settle for fourth place. With her victory, Brown matched an FIS Freeski World Cup mark set by Sweden's Jennie-Lee Burmansson in the 2017-18 season, when the then-15-year-old rattled off a second, a first and a third in her first three World Cup Slopestyle starts."
Indra Brown, 15, won the Calgary freeski halfpipe World Cup, becoming the youngest Australian World Cup winner after earlier bronze at Secret Garden and silver at Copper Mountain. Valentino Guseli, 20, returned from a December 2024 knee injury to win the snowboard halfpipe in Calgary in only his second World Cup event since the injury. Brown leads the World Cup standings with 240 points, 55 ahead of China's Zhang Kexin. Brown's winning run scored 85.20, with Zhang on 84.20 and American Svea Irving on 83.20. Final Australian Olympic selections will be decided at the Aspen Snowmass World Cup event from January 8-10.
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