Elias Syrjä was handsomely fourth in the World Cup – just narrowly missing the first podium finish of his career | Sports in a nutshell

Elias Syrja was handsomely fourth in the World Cup

Freestyle skier Elias Syrjä succeeded wonderfully in the season’s first big air world cup competition.

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Elias Syrjä finished fourth in the freestyle world cup in the big air competition. Ytirjä was only 1.25 points away from his first career podium finish in the World Cup. Syrjä collected 171.00 points with his two best performances in the competition held in Chur, Switzerland.

Canada, which came in third Dylan Deschamps the score was 172.25. The competition was won in Austrian Matej Svancer. He recorded a score of 186.00. Norway’s Tormod Frostad was second with 178.00 points.

Outlying had been fourth in the World Cup twice before, in February 2020 in Czech Republic in Destne and in 2017 in Germany in Mönchengladbach.

The first Big Air World Cup competitions of the season took place in Chur.

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