Cdn Groenewoud wins X Games superpipe
Posted January 28, 2012 3:36 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
ASPEN, Colo. — Calgary’s Rosalind Groenewoud dedicated her win on the women’s superpipe at the Winter X Games to fellow Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke on Saturday.
Groenewoud won the event with a score of 93.66. Maddie Bowman of the U.S was second with 92.00 points, while fellow American Brita Sigourney was third with 90.66.
The 29-year-old Burke was favoured to win a fifth X Games gold medal in superpipe before landing awkwardly in training Jan. 10 in Park City, Utah. She died nine days later in a Salt Lake City hospital from her injuries.
Burke was born in Barrie, Ont., grew up in nearby Midland and began attending summer ski camps in Whistler, B.C., as a teenager.
Edmonton’s Keltie Hansen was sixth in Saturday’s event, while Dara Howell of Huntsville, Ont., was seventh and Calgary’s Megan Gunning was eighth.
