Australian Athletes Back in World Cup Action at Freeski and Snowboard Big Air in Austria This Weekend
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Australian athletes make a return to World Cup action this weekend with the FIS Freeski and Snowboard Big Air in the city of Klagenfurt, Austria.
Australia has three athletes competing in the freeski – Abi Harrigan and Daisy Thomas in the women’s and Joey Elliss in the men’s – while Jesse Parkinson and Mela Stalker will be representing Australia in the snowboard.
It is a relatively young contingent, 17-year old Thomas and 18-year-old Elliss in their first year in the open ranks while Parkinson, 19 and Stalker, 20, have a few World Cups under their belt. At 22-years-old Abi Harrigan, who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics is the “senior” and most experienced member of the team.
Big Air Klagenfurt is the only big air stadium event of the season and will be held in Wörthersse Stadium and will have a festival vibe with live performances from German rapper Finch and Italian electronic DJ Gabry Ponte. Organisers are expecting big crowds to attend.
Freeski Competition will begin on Friday Jan 3rd with the women’s freeski and snowboard qualifications at 17:00 Central European Time (CET), with the free ski men’s qualifications and finals and women’s final on Saturday Jan 4th at 16.30 CET. Men’s snowboard qualifications and finals are on Sunday Jan 5th.
The finals will be streamed. For times and details head to https://www.fis-ski.com/freeski-park-and-pipe
