On the 8th of the Snowboard World Cup, a women's parallel giant slalom was held in Switzerland, and 18-year-old high school student Tsubaki Miki came in 9th place.
The parallel giant slalom of snowboarding is an event in which two athletes slide side by side at the same time to compete for time, and the fourth round of the World Cup was held in Switzerland on the 8th.
This season, Miki, who is doing well, such as finishing in 4th place, which is his best in this event of the World Cup, passed the qualifying in 2nd place and advanced to the final tournament where the top 16 players compete.
However, in the first round, he lost to a Chinese player by 0.14 and finished 9th.
As for other Japanese players, Emi Sato won the 42nd place in the qualifying and the silver medal at the Sochi Olympics, and Tomoka Takeuchi, who is aiming to participate in the 6th consecutive Olympic Games, abstained and did not advance to the final tournament.