{"id":195619,"date":"2026-01-04T07:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/canadian-snowboarder-elizabeth-hosking-wins-world-cup-gold-in-calgary-chat-news-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T07:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:41:42","slug":"canadian-snowboarder-elizabeth-hosking-wins-world-cup-gold-in-calgary-chat-news-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/canadian-snowboarder-elizabeth-hosking-wins-world-cup-gold-in-calgary-chat-news-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian snowboarder Elizabeth Hosking wins World Cup gold in Calgary – CHAT News Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

CALGARY \u2014 Elizabeth Hosking became the first Canadian snowboarder to win a women\u2019s World Cup halfpipe on home snow Saturday evening.
The 24-year-old from Longueuil, Que., also earned her first career World Cup victory.
Hosking\u2019s score of 82.5 points on her first of two runs stood up for the win under the lights in WinSport\u2019s superpipe in Calgary.
\u201cThis is so, so crazy,\u201d Hosking said. \u201cTo get a World Cup win is insane. Doing it on home soil is such a special feeling.\u201d
Hosking\u2019s attempt to improve her score on her second pass was thwarted by a fall. She waited for two more women to finish before she slapped her gloves to her helmet in celebration.
\u201cYou never know what the girls are going to throw down,\u201d Hosking said. \u201cFor sure, going into that second run, I wanted to better my score to solidify. Unfortunately couldn\u2019t do that, I fell, so going to have to work on that for sure.
\u201cKnowing that I was on the podium was special, but not knowing if I could stay in first was definitely some different nerves I\u2019ve never felt before.\u201d
Hosking finished third in Calgary last year after missing a full season with a concussion suffered during off-season training in 2023.
\u201cNow this year, it\u2019s just getting my feet under me and building that confidence going into the Olympics,\u201d said Hosking, who won a silver medal at the 2023 world championship.
Shaotong Wu of China was second Saturday with a score of 77.25. Isabelle Loetscher of Switzerland was third with 76.
Hosking solidified her victory with a front-side 900 (two-and-a-half rotations) for her final element of her first pass down the 160-metre long pipe.
Calgary\u2019s Brooke D\u2019Hont was fifth and Calgary\u2019s Felicity Geremia placed seventh among the women.
Australia\u2019s Valentino Guseli won the men\u2019s halfpipe ahead of runner-up David Habluetzel of Switzerland and bronze medallist Patrick Burgener of Brazil.
No Canadian men qualified for the final. Calgary\u2019s Liam Gill was the top Canadian in 17th.
Japan\u2019s streak of 30 straight men\u2019s World Cup podiums in halfpipe came to an end Saturday.
Calgary\u2019s halfpipe was the third World Cup of the season after the opener in China and the second stop in Copper Mountain, Colo., in December.
American star Chloe Kim, who will attempt an Olympic women\u2019s halfpipe three-peat in February, didn\u2019t compete in Calgary.
Japan\u2019s Sena Tomita and Maddie Mastro of the U.S., who were first and second respectively in Calgary last year ahead of Hosking, were also no-shows Saturday.
But the Canadian, who placed sixth in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, was stoked to stand atop the podium Saturday to the cheers of a home crowd.
\u201cIt definitely builds the confidence to prove to myself I can do it in the hard moments under pressure,\u201d she stated.
Hosking heads to Aspen, Colo., on Sunday for the next World Cup there Jan. 7-9, where she want to further hone her form for the Olympic Games that open Feb. 5 in Milan and Turin, Italy.
\u201cSnowboarding is super-competitive. The girls coming up are very strong,\u201d she said. \u201cGoing into the Olympics, I just need to remember to be me and ride like me and not try to beat anyone else, but just try to focus on me and what I can do and that\u2019s when I ride my best anyways.\u201d
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 3, 2026.

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press



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