Fifteen-year-old Indra Brown has continued her stunning World Cup debut, claiming silver in the freeski halfpipe at Copper Mountain. The result upgrades last week’s bronze from her debut in China and confirms Brown as the youngest Australian to stand on a Winter World Cup podium.
Competing in a best-of-two-run final under challenging flat light, Brown opened strongly with an 80-point first run to sit second heading into the final round. She was pushing to improve on her second attempt but crashed while attempting a new trick on the final jump, holding on to the silver medal.
Her podium run featured a technical and stylish line-up including a leftside 900, rightside 900, leftside 720, switch rightside 540, switch leftside 720, and a closing alley-oop, with grabs on all but one jump.
The gold medal went to Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin with 89.25 points, while China’s Kexin Chang claimed bronze on 77.50 points.
Brown from Melbourne, now sits second in the World Cup standings with 140 points, trailing Atkin (180) and ahead of Chang (105).
Her next event will be the Calgary World Cup on January 3, as she looks to continue her incredible start to the season.
