FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011

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The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011 was an international snowboarding competition held from January 14 to 22, 2011, in La Molina and Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) by the FIS Snowboarding World Championship, [1]

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All the competitions were held in La Molina, except the big air competition, which was held in Barcelona. [2]

Organisation

Media and marketing

The TV broadcast rights were sold to Eurosport in Europe, CBC in Canada, Sky A in Japan, and ORF was given the rights to broadcast in Austria. [3]

Venues

The world championships began with the big air competition at the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona. [4] A ramp 102 feet (31 m) long was constructed on the location and an estimated 17,000 fans attended the finals of the event on January 15. [5] The remaining events all took place in La Molina beginning on January 17. La Molina is two hours north of Barcelona in the Pyrenees and is the oldest ski resort in Spain. [5]

Similar to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the La Molina venue suffered from excessive warmth which threatened the events for the World Championships. Much of the surrounding slopes were barren of snow as most of the remaining snow was piled on the courses and venues for the event.

Results

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Big air
details [6] 		Flag of Finland.svg  Petja Piiroinen  (FIN)51.7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Seppe Smits  (BEL) *48.9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Rocco van Straten  (NED)47.4
Halfpipe
details [7] 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Johnstone  (AUS)26.8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Iouri Podladtchikov  (SWI)26.2Flag of Finland.svg  Markus Malin  (FIN)24.3
Slopestyle
details [8] 		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Seppe Smits  (BEL)28.7Flag of Sweden.svg  Niklas Mattsson  (SWE)28.1Flag of Finland.svg  Ville Paumola  (FIN)26.2
Snowboard cross
details [9] 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alex Pullin  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Seth Wescott  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Nate Holland  (USA)
Parallel giant slalom
details [10] 		Flag of Austria.svg  Benjamin Karl  (AUT)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Rok Marguč  (SLO)Flag of Italy.svg  Roland Fischnaller  (ITA)
Parallel slalom
details [11] 		Flag of Austria.svg  Benjamin Karl  (AUT)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Simon Schoch  (SWI)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Rok Marguč  (SLO)

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Halfpipe
details [14] 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Holly Crawford  (AUS)26.7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Ursina Haller  (SWI)23.4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Jiayu  (CHN)22.5
Slopestyle
details [15] 		Flag of Finland.svg  Enni Rukajärvi  (FIN)28.2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Šárka Pančochová  (CZE)25.2Flag of New Zealand.svg  Shelly Gotlieb  (NZL)21.6
Snowboard cross
details [16] 		Flag of the United States.svg  Lindsey Jacobellis  (USA)Flag of France.svg  Nelly Moenne Loccoz  (FRA)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dominique Maltais  (CAN)
Parallel giant slalom
details [17] 		Flag of Russia.svg  Alena Zavarzina  (RUS)Flag of Austria.svg  Claudia Riegler  (AUT)Flag of Austria.svg  Doris Günther  (AUT)
Parallel slalom
details [18] 		Flag of Norway.svg  Hilde-Katrine Engeli  (NOR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nicolien Sauerbreij  (NED)Flag of Austria.svg  Claudia Riegler  (AUT)

Medal table

17 countries won medals at these championships, a new record. The Czech Republic and New Zealand won their first medals at the World Snowboarding Championships, while Belgium won its first ever gold medal.[ citation needed ]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)3003
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)2125
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2024
4Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1113
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1102
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1001
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0303
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0112
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0112
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0101
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)0011
Totals (17 entries)11111133

Participating nations

A record of 370 participants from 44 nations competed. [3] Canada has sent the biggest team with 47 entries and 31 athletes, [19] while Montenegro only sent a delegation of one.

References

  1. ↑ "FIS World Championships" (PDF). sunsetvine.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "WC2011 Program". FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Record participation at 9th FIS Snowboard WCS". FIS Snowboard.com. January 11, 2011. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  4. ↑ George Johnson (15 January 2011). "Canada's Stone wins big air silver at snowboard worlds". Montreal Gazette . Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  5. 1 2 "Big air in Barcelona". Planet Ski. January 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Men's Snowboard World Championships Big Air Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  7. ↑ "Men's halfpipe Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Men's slopestyle results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Men's snowboard cross Results bracket" (PDF). FIS|. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Men's parallel giant slalom Final results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Men's parallel slalom Final results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  12. ↑ "Eén - Teletekst | Eén". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  13. ↑ "Stone commits anti-doping rule violation". FIS. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  14. ↑ "Ladies' halfpipe Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Women's slopestyle Final results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  16. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Ladies' snowboard cross Results bracket" (PDF). FIS|. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Women's parallel giant slalom Final results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  18. ↑ "Snowboard FIS World Championship Women's parallel slalom Final results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  19. 1 2 "Worlds begin Saturday". Canada Snowboard. January 14, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "La Molina has record participation with 370 of the best Snowboarders in the World". La Molina 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  21. ↑ "Suomelta ennätyksellisen iso joukkue lumilautailun MM-kisoihin". MTV3 Urheilu. January 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  22. ↑ "U.S. Snowboard World Championships Team Unveiled". January 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-18.[ permanent dead link ]
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