Overall World Cup leaders Vaultier, Moioli win final race before Olympics

Overall leaders Pierre Vaultier and Michela Moioli won snowboard cross races on Sunday in the final World Cup before the Winter Olympics.

Canada's Carle Brenneman finishes 6th place in women's competition

France's Pierre Vaultier, left, and Italy's Michela Moioli won their respective snowboard cross races on Sunday in the final World Cup before the Winter Olympics. (Patrick Seeger/dpa via Associated Press)

Overall leaders Pierre Vaultier and Michela Moioli won snowboard cross races on Sunday in the final World Cup before the Winter Olympics.

Vaultier made up for his second place the day before by winning the men's big final ahead of Italy's Michele Godino and Germans Paul Berg and Martin Noerl.

World Cup leader Vaultier slides to 2nd gold of season

7 years ago
Duration 4:36
France's Pierre Vaultier continued his impressive weekend at the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup in Feldberg, Germany, collecting his second World Cup win of the year and building on his overall standings lead with three races remaining.

It was the French athlete's second win of the season and stretches his World Cup lead to 6,120 points. Vaultier is 1,744 ahead of ahead of Austria's Alex Pullin, who finished third in his heat and won his quarterfinal, as he also did on Saturday. Three competitions remain.

Kevin Hill was the top Canadian in 18th place.

Moiloi cements status as favourite

Moioli claimed her second win in as many days in Feldberg and her fourth of the season, finishing ahead of French trio Charlotte Bankes, who was also second on Saturday, Chloe Trespeuch and Nelly Moenne Loccoz.

Moioli underlined her status as an Olympic favourite.

Italian Moioli wins 4th snowboard cross gold of season

7 years ago
Duration 4:02
For the second straight day, Michela Moioli wins gold at the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup event in Feldberg, Germany, increasing her overall lead to 1030 points with three events remaining.

Canada's Carle Brenneman, Zoe Bergermann, and Meryeta Odine all finished within the top 10 in sixth, seventh, and ninth respectively. 

"It's a big confidence boost for sure but the Olympics are a totally different race. We will see what happens," the Italian said of her seventh consecutive podium finish.

Moioli leads the World Cup standings on 6,630 points - 1,030 ahead of Trespeuch and 1,630 ahead of Bankes.

The United States and Czech Republic teams skipped the two-day event to prepare for the Olympics.

With files from CBC Sports