The pair won head-to-head golds in their respective categories on Saturday (January 16) and continued to impress on the Canadian slopes today.

Mentel-Spee of The Netherlands recorded 2min 29.69sec in her two runs to top Australia's Joany Badenhorst in the women's SB-LL2, with Dutch rider Lisa Bunschoten in third.

France's Hernandez-Cervellon skied to her fifth World Cup podium in a time of 2:52.91 in the women's SB-LL1, beating Nicole Roundy of the United States and local favourite Michelle Salt.

The Netherlands earned a second gold medal courtesy of Chris Vos in the men's SB-L11, as he finished the course in a time of 2:34.91.

Italy's Giuseppe Communale collected silver in 2:52.95 while Denmark's Daniel Jorgensen, a track and field European and Paralympic Games medallist, sealed his first podium of the season in third.

Carl Murphy collected his first World Cup win of the season with victory in Big White ©Getty Images


There was a first World Cup win of the season for New Zealand's Carl Murphy as he edged Finland's Matti Suur-Hamari by 0.27 seconds in the men's banked slalom SB-LL2.

The United States' Sochi 2014 bronze medallist Keith Gabel came in third.

The men's upper-impairment classification proved another close encounter with Austria's Patrick Mayrhofer getting the better of Ben Moore of Great Britain in what was a reverse of fortunes from the head-to-head contest.

Mayrhofer finished in 2:26.71 to secure his second banked slalom win of the season.

His time was 0.51 seconds ahead of Moore, with Italy's Manuel Pozzerle a further seven seconds adrift in third.

Riders now have just over month to finalise their preparations for La Molina 2015, which will feature over 80 riders from 20 countries competing in banked slalom and snowboard-cross head-to-head and time-trial events.

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]


Related stories
January 2015: Four riders double gold medal count in new head-to-head Para-snowboard format
January 2015: Mentel-Spee completes snowboarding treble as head-to-head makes World Cup debut
January 2015: United States dominate opening day of IPC Alpine Skiing Para-Snowboard World Cup
November 2014: Three riders secure back to back golds at Para-snowboarding World Cup
November 2014: Shea wins historic gold as Para-snowboarders open season at Europa Cup