Nadeau earns World Cup men's aerials bronze on home snow in Lac-Beauport, Que.
Teammate Thenault last in women's super final after not clinching Olympic berth
Émile Nadeau of Prévost, Que., improved on his best aerials performance of the season, earning a bronze medal at Sunday's World Cup event in Lac-Beauport, Que., after placing seventh a day earlier.
Nadeau, 21, earned 95.98 points behind the Chinese tandem of Qi Guangpu (110.56) and Wang Xindi (105.88) for his first individual podium finish of the season on the circuit.
A year ago, Nadeau collected bronze in Lac-Beauport, scoring 105.30 points to edge China's Zhang Yifan (103.10).
Qi, the reigning Olympic champion, and Wang were also 1-2 in last year's competition.
WATCH | Nadeau scores 95.98 points to reach medal podium:
Miha Fontaine of Lac-Beauport and Quebec City's Alexandre Duchaine were 10th and 11th on Sunday, respectively. Duchaine was fifth in Saturday's super final.
Perhaps Marion Thénault ran out of energy in the women's event.
The 24-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., who was bedridden by a severe virus earlier in the week, was sixth in the super final on Sunday.
She scored 69.97 behind podium finishers Laura Peel of Australia (102.17), American Karenna Elliott (87.42) and Australia's Airleigh Frigo (76.85).
Thenault also competed this weekend after injury her knee during qualifications a week ago in Lake Placid, N.Y., where she earned a final-round score of 90.94 points for bronze, the Canadian's 11th career World Cup medal.
She placed 13th in women's qualifying on Saturday, falling just 0.26 points short of a spot in the final.
She needed to reach the podium in both individual events this weekend to secure her Olympic qualification. However, Thenault will have more opportunities to qualify later in the season.
WATCH | Full replay coverage of Sunday's aerials event from Quebec:
