Pullin, Maltais win snowboardcross World Cup events

Pullin, Maltais win snowboardcross World Cup events

Published Mar. 15, 2015 11:04 a.m. ET

VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (AP) Alex Pullin of Australia and Dominique Maltais of Canada won snowboardcross World Cup events on Sunday.

Pullin and Maltais each won all their qualifying rounds in the Swiss Alps and followed up with victories in the big finals.

Pullin finished ahead of Lucas Eguibar of Spain, who won Saturday's event and leads the World Cup standings. Kevin Hill of Canada repeated his third place from Saturday.

Maltais, the Sochi Olympics silver medalist who was fourth on Saturday, was followed by French racers Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Chloe Trespeuch, who filled the podium places for a second straight day.

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Moenne Loccoz leads the World Cup standings ahead of Maltais heading into the final event next weekend at La Molina, Spain.

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