Carlson Takes Lead in Snowboard Standings

Carlson Takes Lead in Snowboard Standings{mosimage}MURAU, Austria (AP) Sweden’s Jonas Carlson took the overall lead in snowboard’s World Cup standings Saturday with the first Big Air victory of his career.

He earned 1,000 points with a perfect first run followed by two steady ones. Peetu Piiroinen of Finland was second and Matevz Petek of Slovenia was third.

Carlson, ninth in the Big Air at this month’s world championships at Whistler, British Colombia, was fourth after the qualification jumps.

He leads the standings with 1,530 points, followed by Finland’s Jukka Eratuli (1,260) and Piiroinen (1,200).
       

       

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