Austrians and Russians dominate snowboard event

Austrians and Russians dominate snowboard event



Olympic silver medalist Benjamin Karl of Austria won a snowboard parallel giant slalom World Cup event Friday.

Karl led an all-Austrian podium, beating teammate Andreas Prommegger in the big final, while Manuel Veith edged Swiss boarder Nevin Galmarini in the small final.

There was an all-Russian podium in the women's event, with Ekaterina Tudegesheva beating Alena Zavarzina for first and Svetlana Boldykova finishing ahead of Austria's Claudia Riegler for third.

Boldykova beat Olympic champion Nicolien Sauerbreij in the quarterfinals.

Parallel slalom races are scheduled for Saturday.