Mackay, Karker silver for Canada at Calgary's 'Snow Rodeo' yyc
Only in the penultimate run of the competition was his score beaten, by Finland’s Jon Sallinen. The 22-year-old was simply sensational, earning 96.00 points to take the lead in the event.
Not far behind him, Simon D’Artois also claimed a spot on the podium thanks to a flawless third run. His score of 93.00 enabled him to advance past Alex Ferreira of the USA to clinch the bronze medal.Article content Andrew Longino , Evan Marineau , Benjamin Lynch , Jack Huckerby , Adam Fiselier and Joshua Podulsky did not advance past the qualifying rounds earlier in the day.
“I really gave it my all at the end, and I’m happy with my performance,” said Karker, a few minutes after the competition. “As I came down, I knew it wasn’t clean enough to beat Eileen, but I’m super proud to have improved my score each time. Also, the crowd was great, which was really nice.”
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