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Canadian freestyle skiers Naomi Urness and Dylan Deschamps both won silver medals at the World Cup season-opening big air event on Saturday in Secret Garden, China.
For the 21-year-old Urness, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., it marked the first World Cup medal of her career. She achieved that feat by posting a two-run combined score of 165.75.
WATCH | Urness earns 1st-career World Cup medal:Naomi Urness from Mont-Tremblant, Que., finishes second in the women's World Cup big air competition at the Secret Garden resort in Chongli, China, with a total score of 165.75.Great Britain's Kirsty Muir took gold in the women's event with a total of 174.50 points, including a competition-best first run of 91.75, while China's Liu Mengting (165.25) rounded out the podium in bronze position.
On the men's side, Quebec City's Deschamps, 22, scored a combined 178.50 to take silver. American Troy Podmilsak won the event with a score of 185.50, while New Zealand's Luca Harrington (176.00) took bronze.
WATCH | Deschamps soars to silver:Dylan Deschamps of Quebec City finishes second in the men's World Cup big air competition at the Secret Garden resort in Chongli, China, with a total score of 178.50.Secret Garden also hosted a snowboard big air event where an up-and-coming Canadian teen narrowly missed the podium in the men's event.
Eli Bouchard, a 17-year-old from Lac Beauport, Que., finished fourth (153.75) after topping the field in the qualification round.
Chinese athletes Su Yiming (174.50) and Ge Chunyu (159.50) took gold and silver, respectively, while Japan's Ryoma Kimata (158.50) scored bronze.
The women's final featured a Japanese sweep of the podium. Mari Fukada (156.75) won the event, with Reira Iwabuchi (145.75) and Miyabi Onitsuka (141.50) taking silver and bronze, respectively.