Canada's Éliot Grondin earns 2 silver medals at snowboard cross World Cup in Spain

Make it five podium finishes this season for Quebec snowboard cross star Éliot Grondin, who finished second to Frenchman Merlin Surget on Sunday for his second silver medal in as many days in Sierra Nevada, Spain.

2-time Olympic medallist places behind Frenchman Merlin Surget in Sunday's big final

Three men's snowboard cross athletes, including one Canadian, celebrate their medal performances on the podium after the big final on March 3, 2024 in Sierra Nevada, Spain.
From left: Canada's Éliot Grondin, Merlin Surget of France and Jakob Dusek of Austria pose on the medal podium following Sunday's big final in Sierra Nevada, Spain. For Grondin, it was the 22-year-old's second silver medal in two days. (X/@fissnowboard)

Make it five podium finishes this season for Quebec snowboard cross star Éliot Grondin.

On Sunday, the 22-year-old finished second to Frenchman Merlin Surget, his second silver in as many days in Sierra Nevada, Spain, while Jakob Dusek of Austria took bronze.

Grondin, from Sainte-Marie, also boasts two gold and a bronze on the World Cup circuit after finishing the 2023 campaign with gold and bronze in back-to-back races to finish third in the overall standings.

At 16, Grondin was the youngest man on Canada's 2018 Olympic team when he placed 36th. He returned four years later, taking silver in the individual snowboard-cross race while helping Canada to bronze in the mixed-team competition.

Grondin also owns a bronze medal from the 2021 world championships.

WATCH | Grondin collects back-to-back silver medals in Sierra Nevada:

Canada's Grondin claims another World Cup snowboard cross silver medal

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Éliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., claimed his second World Cup snowboard cross silver medal of the weekend Sunday in Sierra Nevada, Spain.

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