Bright books Vancouver spot
06/11/2009 12:31 PM
Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has booked her place at the Vancouver Winter Olympics by winning the World Cup halfpipe event in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
Bright's success in Switzerland elevates her from 24th place on the Vancouver qualifying list to ninth.
With only three more events left, she cannot fall out of the top 30 which qualify for next year's Games.
She joins Holly Crawford, who is currently ranked second and sat out the Swiss event, after leading the field at every stage of the season's second event.
Fellow Australian Ben Mates is on the threshold of a spot at Vancouver also having finished 19th in Switzerland to sit in 29th place on the Vancouver qualifying list, which is capped at 40 places.