Dalmasso and Coratti, blue double in Canada; Bormolini finishes as leader

Blue triumph of snowboarding in Canada. Lucia Dalmasso wins race-2 in Val St against fellow countrywoman Jasmin Coratti; among the men, Maurizio Bormolini finishes in second place and Mirko Felicetti completes the podium in third.

The parallel giant season concludes just as it began: with Italy as the absolute protagonist. For Dalmasso, it is the third victory of the winter, the fifth of her career, in a year that also brought her to the Olympic podium with the bronze in Livigno.

In the decisive act of the second Canadian event, the blue athlete overcomes the resistance of teammate Coratti, who achieves her first podium of the season. A completely Italian final came after Dalmasso's third place in race-1: in the semifinals, the two Italians triumphed over the German Ramona Hofmeister and the local favorite Kylie Buck.

The giant standings conclude with Tsubaki Miki in the lead with 793 points, ahead of Dalmasso (662) and Caffont (637); the Japanese also leads the overall standings with 993 points against Dalmasso's 847 and Caffont's 842.

In the men's field, an exit in the big final against Olympic champion Benjamin Karl denies Bormolini another seasonal highlight. The athlete from Valtellina, already the winner of the overall World Cup and specialty, reaches 25 career podiums. In the semifinals, the Italian derby with Mirko Felicetti sent the fassano to the small final, which he then won against Austrian Arvid Auner.

Bormolini finishes the PGS in first place with 713 points, ahead of Karl (632) and Aaron March (509); in the overall standings, Bormolini leads with 945 points, with Karl second at 690.

Between next Saturday and Sunday, in Winterberg (Germany), the World Cup will experience the last stage of the season with a two-day event dedicated to slaloms.