Snowboard cross finals. Wescott grabs gold in front of silver Robertson and bronze Ramoin.
by Milota Sidorova
On the fifth day of Olympics we can say, the medal race is getting tougher. The first position belongs to Germany with nine medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze), the second place goes to the U.S with 8 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze) and the first trinity is closed by France with total account of 7 medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze). Favorized Canada is on the fourth place, in front of Korea, Switzerland and China that came with one of the biggest expedition.Snowboard cross final.Tony Ramoin grabbed the fourth bronze medal for France in this new event on Olympic Games. Snowboard cross has become an official Olympic discipline in Torino, four years ago. So far, it has! had the same winner. The American Seth Wescott won both finals, leaving behind Mike Robertson of Canada, his team-mate Nate Holland who ended up on fourth place. Tony Ramoin arrived into the finish line after Holland couldn't balance and failed. It is the first important victory for 21 years-old Frenchman. Wescott is already 33 years-old and far more experienced, although his season was qualified as “average”. In December he injured his pelvis during a race in Colorado and couldn't walk for two weeks. According the press he was on pain-killers until late January (X Games tournament). Wescott said due injuries he wouldn't have started another Championship. Fortunately or not, the next point on the program were Olympic Games. He won the final only half board length against Robertson. As he said, he didn't missed the start – the crucial moment of whole ride. Wescott rode in the fourth ride along with Ramoin, Robertson, Holland and Robert Fagan, another Canad! ian who didn't make it into the final race.
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