The Mont Tremblant, Que. native was the second fastest in qualification, and
grabbed another top-10 after finishing ninth, but has failed to reach the
podium since his second event of the season.

Anderson became the number two seed heading into the final head-to-head
matches with the top-16 athletes, after posting a two-run qualification time
of one minute 13.95 seconds, just over a second behind frontrunner Urs
Eiselin, of Switzerland (1:12.62). But the 28-year-old Anderson, who had his
board riding in top gear during qualification, came up short in the opening
heat of the round of 16, and was knocked out by Austria's Dieter Krassing,
who went on to finish fourth.

While Anderson continued his search back to the podium, the Swiss certainly
grabbed control of it, sweeping the top-three spots in the men's
competition. Eiselin's board was definitely the slickest on Saturday as he
cruised to the top spot on the podium. Eiselin easily knocked off teammate
Philipp Schoch in the final, while countrymen Heinz Inninger completed the
Swiss sweep after claiming the bronze over Krassing. Jerome Sylvestre, of
Bromont, Que., was the only other Canadian entered in the field, finishing
47th after slipping in his second qualification run.

The Swiss also controlled the women's competition. Daniela Meuli, who has
regularly floated around the top spot of the podium throughout the year,
reclaimed the gold in France, knocking off Austria's Daresia Krings in the
final heat of the round of 16. Meuli's teammate, Ursula Bruhn, another
favourite each time she straps on the board, solidified the bronze medal
after cruising to the finish line first in the small final over Russia's
Svetlana Boldikova.

The Canadian women finished in the middle of the pack of 52 athletes.
Canada's most promising female alpine snowboard athlete, Calgary's Aimee
Newton, finished 26th with a two-run qualification time of 1:26.21, while
Richmond, B.C.'s, Alexa Loo, was close on Newton's heels, claiming 29th spot
after posting a combined time of 1:27.25. France's Julie Pomagalski had the
hometown crowd excited for the finals after she led the qualification round,
blistering through the difficult and fast track in a time of 1:22.65.

The Canadian alpine snowboard contingent will have a chance to redeem
themselves on Sunday as they will suit up for another parallel giant slalom
event in France.

The Canadian Snowboard Federation was established in 1991 as the governing
body for the sport of competitive snowboarding in Canada. The CSF manages
programs throughout the country, with the goal of fostering development of
Canadian athletes, coaches and officials from the "grassroots" level through
to the Olympic Games. For more information on the Canadian Snowboard
Federation, please visit us at www.csf.ca on the Internet.

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