Leon Gütl finished twelfth in the snowboard slopestyle World Cup finals on Sunday (March 27th, 2022) in Silvaplana, Switzerland. When Norwegian Marcus Kleveland won, the 21-year-old missed a better placement with two penalties in the second run.
Gütl was doing well in his second run for a long time. After eleventh place in the first round, the man from Bischofswiesen fell on the last kicker with a frontside 1440. He only got 24.60 points. Day winner Marcus Kleveland from Norway received 91.60 points for his clean run. Gütl was last in third place in Bakuriani, Georgia, at the beginning of March.
Norwegian double success
Second and third place for men went to Norway’s Mons Roisland (90.20 points) and Valentino Guseli from Australia (89.40 points).
Women: Gasser WINS
In the women’s category, Anna Gasser from Austria (95.40 points) won ahead of Laurie Blouin from Canada (90.20 points) and Kokomo Murasa from Japan (87.20 points).
Vockensperger is injured
Gütl was the only German starter who had made it into the final in Silvaplana. Annika Morgan (SC Miesbach) and Noah Vicktor (WSV Bischofswiesen) could not qualify for the final in the heats. Leon Vockensperger couldn’t use his chance to win the overall World Cup because he injured his shoulder during training and needs an operation.
Source: ie