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Tonteri, O'Brien earn gold at snowboarding worlds

January 18, 2013 | Modified: January 18, 2013 at 9:00 pm
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Photo - Clemens Schattschneider, of Austria, flies over a jump during the men's slopestyle finals at the Snowboard World Championship in Stoneham, Quebec, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Schattschneider finished fifth in the event. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)
Clemens Schattschneider, of Austria, flies over a jump during the men's slopestyle finals at the Snowboard World Championship in Stoneham, Quebec, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Schattschneider finished fifth in the event. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)

STONEHAM, Quebec (AP) — Finland's Roope Tonteri and Canada's Spencer O'Brien won gold medals in slope style events at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships on Friday.

Canada's Mark McMorris finished second behind Tonteri in the men's competition. Finland's Janne Korpi was third.

Switzerland's Sina Candrian and Australia's Torah Bright finished second and third in the women's competition.

The slope style event is a new addition to the Winter Olympics, beginning with the 2014 Sochi Games.

The snowboarding championships are taking place at the Stoneham Mountain Resort north of Quebec City. The championships will finish Jan. 26-27.

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