Joh Shaw has claimed the second top five result of her World Cup snowboard career, riding to fifth place in the opening parallel slalom event of the 2008/09 season. Competing on a 250m indoor course in the Dutch city of Landgraaf, the 26 year-old Mt Buller rider qualified in fifth position, then defeated German rider Isabella Laboeck in her head-to-head round of 16 finals encounter.
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.
