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Peetu Piiroinen, Jamie Anderson win men's and women's big air titles at snowboard worlds

Xinhua, March 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Finland' s Peetu Piiroinen and America' s Jamie Anderson got the men's and women' s champions of big air in snowboarding world championships (WCS) respectively on Sunday.

The game took three-jump and chose the winners according to the two best jumps. Piiroinen got 173.8 points, taking first place in the men' s final. America' s Kyle Mack came to the second place with 1.8 points behind. Sebastien Toutant of Canada scored finished third with 171 points.

In women' s competitions, Canada' s Jamie Anderson took the fist place with 163 points, followed by Enni Rukajarvi of Finland and America' s Jessika Jenson in the second and third place with 142.2 points and 126.8 points respectively.

Snowboard world championships is the top event organized by TTR Pro Snowboarding and World Snowboard Federation with disciplines of halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. Enditem