Swiss ski cross pair clinch mixed team gold and Tsubaki wins parallel slalom at freestyle worlds

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Gold Medalists Ryan Regez of Switzerland, right, and Fanny Smith of Switzerland ,left, react during the medal ceremony at the Skicross Team Mixed competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Gold Medalist Ryan Regez of Switzerland, right, reacts with Fanny Smith of Switzerland ,left, after the big-final heat 2 at the Skicross Team Mixed competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Gold Medalists Ryan Regez of Switzerland, right, reacts with Fanny Smith of Switzerland ,left, after the big-final heat 1at the Skicross Team Mixed competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Melvin Tchiknavorian of France, Ryan Regez of Switzerland and Erik Mobaerg of Sweden, from left, compete during the Quarter-final heat 4 at the Skicross Team Mixed competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Florian Wilmsmann of Germany, Melvin Tchiknavorian of France, Adam Kappacher of Austria and Ryan Regez of Switzerland, from left, compete during Semi-final 2 heat 2 at the Skicross Team Mixed competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Gold medalists Fanny Smith and Ryan Regez of Switzerland, center, silver medalists Jade Grillet Aubert and Melvin Tchiknavorian of France, left, and bronze medalists Jole Galli and Yanick Gunsch of Italy celebrate during the medal ceremony at the Skicross Team Mixed competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Winner Tsubaki Miki of Japan celebrates at the Snowboard Alpine Parallel-Slalom competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Winner Tsubaki Miki of Japan, right, and second placed Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic react at the Snowboard Alpine Parallel-Slalom competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Tsubaki Miki of Japan, right, takes the win in front of Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic, at the Snowboard Alpine Parallel-Slalom competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Winner Tsubaki Miki of Japan poses on the podium aat the Snowboard Alpine Parallel-Slalom competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Winner Tervel Zemfirov of Bulgaria poses at the Snowboard Alpine Parallel-Slalom competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

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Winner Tervel Zamfirov of Bulgaria reacts in the finish area at the Snowboard Alpine Parallel-Slalom competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss duo Ryan Regez and Fanny Smith followed up their individual golds with a victory in the ski cross mixed team finals at the Freestyle world championships Saturday.

Miki Tsubaki of Japan then turned the tables on Ester Ledecka by beating her in the women’s parallel slalom final.

Regez and Smith were favorites for the team final, where the men start first and the women then set off in staggered order in accordance to where the men placed.

France had two teams going for gold with Youri Duplessis Kergomard and veteran Marielle Berger Sabbatel in France 1 with Melvin Tchiknavorian and Jade Grillet-Aubert in France 2. Italy was the other contender.

Duplessis Kergomard led for most of the men’s run ahead of Tchiknavorian but they almost collided heading into the final corner. Regez was just behind and overtook them both, then composed himself on the final jump to put the Swiss in pole position.

Smith did the rest in style, leading from start to finish and then laying on the snow to take in the win. The 32-year-old Smith had also won individual gold at the 2013 worlds.

Tchiknavorian and Grillet-Aubert got the silver medal with the Italian pair of Yanick Gunsch and Jole Galli taking the bronze.

Tsubaki beats Ledecka this time

Ledecka had beaten the defending champion Tsubaki in the parallel giant slalom final Thursday, adding another trophy for her first snowboard world title in eight years. She is also a standout Alpine skier in downhill and super-G.

Dutchwoman Michelle Dekker won the bronze medal over Aleksandra Krol-Walas of Poland, who missed out on another medal after placing third in the giant slalom.

Bulgaria’s Tervel Zamfirov, who is 20, won the men’s title by defeating Austrian Arvid Auner in the final.

Italian veteran Aaron March won the bronze medal.

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