By Shannon Lukens. Cover Photo — Visa FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup – Bad Gastein AUT – PSL – WINTERS Cody USA © Miha Matavz/FIS
Steamboat’s Cody Winters has finished third, taking the bronze medal in World Cup Slalom in Austria. It’s Cody’s first World Cup podium after five 4th place finishes.
Screenshot photos courtesy Dave Winters.
Cody was interviewed at the finish line.
Screenshot Video of Cody Winters being interviewed
This is the first podium finish in Snowboard Alpine for Team USA since Justin Reiter (USA) in Moscow in 2015.
The U.S. team competes in Mixed parallel today at Bad Gastein, Austria. Then Cody and team are off to Bansko, Bulgaria, Jan. 18-19 for more World Cup competitions.
From Fis-Ski.com — Hofmeister is back on top in Bad Gastein while March spoils Austrian hopes
In freestyle news…
Anabel Ayad with Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club won the bronze medal in Dual Moguls Mixed Team with teammate Chase Littlefield at the 2025 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships in Kazakhstan. Ayad graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in 2023 and has been attending classes at the University of Utah in the fall and skiing in the winter.
SSWSC alumnae Abby McLarnon also had top finishes, with a 4th in singles, 3rd in duals, and sixth in the team competition.
Press Release from Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Jan. 14, 2025.
SSWSC athlete Anabel Ayad wins Bronze with US Teammate Chase Littlefield in the Dual Moguls Mixed Team Event at Junior World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan
SSWSC alumnae Abby McLarnon lands on the podium in the dual moguls event
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – The 2025 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships wrapped up last week in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after five days of competition showcasing the future of freestyle skiing with Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athlete Anabel Ayad and SSWSC alumnae Abby McLarnon representing the US on the women’s team. The Junior World Championships were held from January 7–11 at Shymbulak Ski Resort.
Ayad’s top-notch skiing at US Selections in December qualified her for the chance of a lifetime to compete in the Freestyle Junior World Championships. Ayad and 11 junior athletes from the USA spent six days in the beautiful mountain of Kazakhstan competing against top junior athletes from around the world to compete in moguls, dual moguls, dual moguls mixed team, aerials, and aerials mixed team events. Ayad skied in the three mogul events and took full advantage of the opportunity, finishing 6th place in single moguls, narrowly missing the podium with a 4th place in dual moguls, and nabbing a bronze medal 3rd place finish in the dual moguls mixed team event with teammate Chase Littlefield.
SSWSC alumnae Abby McLarnon finished 4th in singles, 3rd place in duals, and sixth place in team duals.
Moguls Women (MO)
- Gold: Yuma Taguchi (JPN)
- Silver: Anastassiya Gorodko (KAZ)
- Bronze: Kurea Mise (JPN)
Moguls Men (MO)
- Gold: Osuke Nakahara (JPN)
- Silver: Leo Crozet (FRA)
- Bronze: Yoonseung Lee (KOR)
Dual Moguls Women (DM)
- Gold: Anastassiya Gorodko (KAZ)
- Silver: Reese Chapdelaine (USA)
- Bronze: Abby McLarnon (USA)
Dual Moguls Men (DM)
- Gold: Matyas Kroupa (CZE)
- Silver: Leo Crozet (FRA)
- Bronze: Noe Lemeille (FRA)
Dual Moguls Mixed Team (DMT)
- Gold: Reese Chapdelaine, Jiah Cohen (USA)
- Silver: Yuliya Feklistova, Denis Rastruba (KAZ)
- Bronze: Anabel Ayad, Chase Littlefield (USA)
From the FIS site:
- Full Results: Click here to view the complete results.
- Event Photos: Moguls | Aerials.
- Replays: Watch the action on our YouTube channel.
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Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club (SSWSC) provides sports and youth development programming for over 1,200 athletes in Steamboat Springs. Our mission is to create champions on and off the mountain by developing life skills and personal growth through sports. SSWSC alumni have become Olympians, NCAA champions, collegiate scholars, CEOs, and leaders. Our programs include alpine, cross country, freestyle, freeskiing, nordic combined, jumping, snowboarding, backcountry education, strength and conditioning, cycling, and skateboarding. Founded in 1914. Founded in 1914, SSWSC is one of North America’s oldest and most successful winter sports clubs, serving tens of thousands of athletes for over a century, including 100 Olympians with 19 Olympic medals. U.S. Ski & Snowboard named SSWSC Club of the Year five times, more than any other club in the country. For more information, visit www.sswsc.org.
