Music: {allcanada} CANADA'S RIDDLE, GROENEWOUD WIN HALFPIPE GOLD AT WORLDS

Saturday, February 5, 2011

{allcanada} CANADA'S RIDDLE, GROENEWOUD WIN HALFPIPE GOLD AT WORLDS

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PARK CITY, Utah -- A Canadian sweep of the halfpipe titles is extending the national team's domination at the freestyle world ski championships.

Michael Riddle of Squamish, B.C, won the men's crown while Rosalind Groenewoud of Calgary won the women's event Saturday.

Keltie Hansen of Edmonton joined Groenewoud on the podium by claiming bronze.

Riddle was the top qualifier going into the men's final and clinched first with 45.6 points on his first run. Kevin Rolland of France took silver by scoring 45.2 points on his second run and Simon Dumont of the U.S. earned 43.2 points on his first run to claim bronze.

Groenewoud was solid on both runs, capturing the win with 44.7 points on her final run. American Jennifer Hudak earned the top qualifying spot in the final, but had to recover from a fall on her first run to claim silver with a score of 42.1 on her second.

Hansen earned bronze off a first-run score of 38.8.

The trio's success pushes Canada's medal haul at the competition to 12.

On Friday, Kelsey Serwa captured the women's ski cross event ahead of Julia Murray of Whistler, B.C., while Chris Del Bosco of Sudbury, Ont., won the men's ski cross and Warren Shouldice of Calgary claimed gold in men's aerials.

On Thursday, Kaya Turski of Montreal captured silver in the women's slopestyle.

And Wednesday, Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, Alta., won the women's moguls title with Kristi Richards of Summerland, B.C., grabbing bronze, while Alexandre Bilodeau of Montreal grabbed silver in the men's moguls with Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., taking bronze.