Mark Hendrickson of Calgary jumps at the FIS freestyle skiing world cup big air qualifier event, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in downtown Quebec City. The finals will be held on Saturday March 16. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Mark Hendrickson of Calgary jumps at the FIS freestyle skiing world cup big air qualifier event, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in downtown Quebec City. The finals will be held on Saturday March 16. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Canadian freestyle skier Hendrickson wins gold at slopestyle World Cup

Mark Hendrickson earned a score of 86.30 on his first run

  • Jan. 11, 2020 12:00 a.m.

Canada’s Mark Hendrickson won the gold medal on Saturday at a ski slopestyle World Cup.

Hendrickson, a 21-year-old from Calgary, earned a score of 86.30 on his first run en route to claiming his first World Cup medal.

Jesper Tjader of Sweden took silver with 85.70 points and American Cody Laplante won bronze with 83.45.

Elena Gaskell was the top Canadian finisher on the women’s side in eighth place.

The Canadian Press

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