Strong dominates snowboard cross event

Evan Strong, a 2011 X-Games gold medallist, dominated the men’s lower-limb impairment category with a result of 1:39.50.

USA’s Evan Strong and Marc Deraves won their men’s snowboard cross events and the Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel was victorious on the women’s side at the IPC Alpine Skiing event in South Tahoe (Nevada), USA on Sunday (27 January).

Strong, a 2011 X-Games gold medallist, dominated the men’s lower-limb impairment category with a result of 1:39.50, just ahead of Canada’s Ian Lockey who finished in 1:41.02 and his American teammate Keith Gabel, who finished in 1:41.74.

Deraves won the men’s upper-limb impairment category in a time of 1:47.86. USA’s Joseph Chandler finished second in 1:53.09 and Australia’s Matthew Robinson came third in 1:53.22.

Full results from the men’s snowboard cross competition can be found here.

On the women’s side, Mentel clocked in at 1:44.62, ahead of USA’s Amy Purdy, who finished in 1:55.31 and Heidi Jo Duce, who finished in 2:02.97.

Full results from the women's snowboard cross competition can be found here.