Holly Crawford has won Australia’s first snowboard halfpipe World Championship medal, riding to silver in Gangwon, Korea, today. The 24-year-old Perisher Blue-based AIS rider earned 39.6 points for her best run in the final, finishing behind Chinese rider Jiayu Liu on 43.6 points, but ahead of 2007 silver medallist Soko Yamaoka of Japan and 2007 bronze medallist Pauine Ligocka of Poland.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
