LA MOLINA, Spain (AP) — Andreas Prommegger of Austria and Anke Karstens of Germany won snowboard World Cup parallel giant slaloms on Saturday.
Prommegger beat fellow countryman Siegfried Grabner in the final for his fourth win of the season.
The 32-year-old Prommegger is the defending GS champion and moved ahead of last season’s runner-up Roland Fischnaller in the standings. Prommegger has 5,060 points and Fischnaller has 4,480 heading into the last parallel giant slalom of the season next week in Sierra Nevada, Spain.
Philipp Schoch of Switzerland defeated Benjamin Karl of Austria in the small final.
Karstens beat Austria’s Marion Kreiner for her second career victory and first since 2008, while champion Patrizia Kummer edged Tomoka Takeuchi in the small final.
