VAL THORENS, France — Jean-Frederic Chapuis won a skicross World Cup on the course bearing his name while Canadian Chris Del Bosco took the bronze.
In the women’s event, Anna Holmlund secured a second win in two days in the French Alps on Saturday.
The course in Val Thorens has been named after Chapuis, who claimed the Olympic title in Sochi in 2014 but had never been able to win at his home resort so far.
After a disappointing exit in the quarter-finals on Friday, Chapuis bounced back with a convincing win in the final over Austria’s Thomas Harasser and Del Bosco, a Montreal resident. Brady Leman of Calgary was sixth.
Chapuis said "to share this with the people of Val Thorens and the fans is just perfect."
Holmlund won the women’s race over local favourite Alizee Baron after both Austria’s Andrea Limbacher and Germany’s Heidi Zacher crashed before the first jump.
Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., was fifth.