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American Holland wins snowboardcross event

The Columbian
Published: December 7, 2010, 12:00am

LECH AM ARLBERG, Austria (AP) — Nate Holland of the United States won the season-opening World Cup snowboardcross on Tuesday for his fourth career victory.

The 32-year-old Holland beat Tom Velisek of Canada and Mario Fuchs of Austria in the final run.

Holland and Andreas Promegger of Austria, who competes on the parallel slalom circuit, share the lead in the overall World Cup standings with 1,000 points each.

In the women’s race, Dominique Maltais led a Canadian 1-2 by defeating Olympic champion Maelle Ricker to win her fourth career title. Yuka Fujimori of Japan took third.

Another men’s and women’s snowboardcross races in Lech am Arlberg are scheduled for Wednesday.

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