Junior champs end in style
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Athletes ranging in age from 14 - 20 and coming from 28 different countries took part.

As well as being the first FIS World Championships in New Zealand and the first combined Freestyle & Snowboard World Championships it marked the first time FIS has included the competitions in a FIS World Championship.

Both ski halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle are up for consideration for inclusion in the 2014 Olympics following decision at the 2010 FIS Congress.

Gone down well, down under"There is great synergy between the new Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding competition forms and an efficient use of the same infrastructure for halfpipe, slopestyle and the ski and snowboard cross course," said Sarah Lewis, FIS Secretary General.

"The FIS World Championships in Kreischberg, Austria in 2015 will also feature both disciplines for the first time at senior level and there is significant interest to create joint World Cup events too."

After 12 Snowboard competitions and six Freestyle events, Russia received the Marc Hodler Trophy for the most successful Snowboard nation at the championships whilst USA picked up the coveted award for the most successful Freestyle nation, followed by Switzerland and Canada.

In terms of medals, the overall medals table for both Snowboard and Freestyle was led by USA with a total of 11 medals (3-5-3) followed by Finland with 5 (3-1-1) and Russia with 6 (2-1-3). Altogether 17 nations won medals.

We reported on the event at its midway stage on PlanetSKI and also previewed it.

It seems to have gone down pretty well.

With thanks to FIS for the report.

Visit www.fisfreestyle.com and www.fissnowboard.com for more information and photos from each of the individual events.

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