The 2021 World Championship bronze medalist Rinnekangas finished third in the qualifier.
The World Snowboarding World Championships in Engadin in Switzerland started on Thursday with slopestyle qualifiers, and from the Finns to Friday’s finale Rene Rinnekangas. The 2021 World Championship bronze medalist Rinnekangas finished third in the qualifying with 90.25. The qualifying tip was China Su yiming 94.75 points.
– My own Rani was a bit of a risk. It was not well known how the judges like such rods that did not rotate more than 900 degrees. In the real feeling that they liked and that I dared to trust my own calculation, and I didn’t start doing bigger spins, Rinnekangas commented in the release.
The second best Finn in the qualifier was the World Cup debutant Ville Jukolawhich was 20th. Another World Cup Erik Jurmu was 30th and Kalle Järvilehto 61 p. In the qualifying of women Eveliina’s back was 29th.