British snowsports athletes either made their luck or were left ruing their misfortune over an eventful weekend in the European mountains with a clutch of career best results proving the emergence of a generation of young talent.

While Lesley McKenna may not have managed the hoped for fairytale ending to her recovery from injury, failing to qualify for the final at the Nokia FIS Snowboard World Cup Finals in Bardonecchia. Italy, in collecting 180 points for her 11th place, the feisty Cairngorm bred rider finishes the season in third place on the final world rankings.

Nokia FIS Snwoboard World Cup, Womens Half Pipe, Final Standings:
1. YAMAOKA Soko JPN 1 4820pts
2. BRIGHT Torah Jane AUS 2 3700pts
3. MCKENNA Lesley GBR 3 3130 pts

British team rider Dom Harington, 19 (Leeds) scored a career best seventh place in the floodlit city centre World Cup Big Air event in Turin yesterday evening. Harington made an error on one of his jumps and could have finished higher but the British Snowboard Team rider was delighted with his finish at his fourth ever World Cup Big Air event.

[Press Release from Snowsport GB]

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