The Netherlands' Bibian Mentel-Spee collected her win in the women's SB-LL2, after she triumphed in the debut of the new format in Aspen, USA, on Monday (12 January). US rider Heidi Jo Duce finished second in her race with the Paralympic champion, whilst Mentel-Spee's teammate and protege Lisa Bunschoten was third. France's Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon was victorious in the women's SB-LL1, continuing her sweep of the podium. USA teammates Nicole Roundy and Megan Harmon were second and third respectively, with Harmon taking the final spot from Canada's third-fastest qualifier Michelle Salt.

 

Roundy and Harmon's compatriot Mike Schultz, impressing in his first competitive season, led Italian Giuseppe Communale in the men's SB-LL1. The men's SB-LL2 saw yet another podium for Team USA, with Mike Shea taking the win from fastest qualifier, Fin Matti Suur-Hamari. New Zealand's Carl Murphy made it into the World Cup top three for the first time this season in third.

 

Great Britain's Ben Moore won his second snowboard-cross head-to-head of 2014-15 in the men's upper-limb impairment race. Moore beat Austria's Patrick Mayrhofer and Italy's Roberto Cavicchi.

 

Full results are available at http://www.paralympic.org/snowboard/calendar.

 

Races continue in Big White on Monday (19 January), with banked slalom races ahead of the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain, from 23-28 February.