Jo Shaw has ridden to her third top 20 result for the season, finishing in 20th place in the World Cup in Nendaz, Switzerland.

Shaw was the ninth fastest down the red course in her opening qualifying run, posting a time of 38.74 seconds, 2.32 behind the fastest rider, Selina Joerg of Germany.

The Brighton 25-year-old was further off the pace in her second qualifying run, recording the 26th fastest time for an overall total of 1:17.81, leaving her four places outside a place in the head-to-head finals round.

Julia Dujmovits of Austria won the event from team-mate Heidi Neururer, with the bronze going to Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands.

Shaw’s result puts her into 23rd place on the World Cup standings on 384 points. Neururer leads the standings on 3400 points, 900 ahead of Sauerbreij.

The next event on the calendar is a parallel slalom in Bad Gastein on January 1.

Across the Atlantic, OWI rider Damon Hayler went out in the first round of the Jeep King of the Mountain snowboard event in Telluride, Colorado.

US rider Shaun Palmer took the top spot on the podium from team-mates Seth Westcott and Graham Watanabe.