Torah Bright wins Silver at Euro X Games Pipe

Strangely enough Torah has just been beaten in the European X Games halfpipe by a relatively unknown American rider in that of Kaitlyn Farrington. Coming fresh of her Olympic gold medal at Vancouver, for some reason Torah's runs did not include her signature money making trick, her switch backside 720. You can check out the final runs in the video below as well as the press release.

Farrington Wins First Gold in Snowboard SuperPipe

Olympic Gold Medalist, Torah Bright, Takes Silver

Tignes, France – Kaitlyn Farrington has competed in the Winter X Games for the past three years, and tonight in the women’s Snowboard SuperPipe final, she leaves Winter X Games Europe with her first gold medal. In a field of six women, four of whom were Olympians, Farrington and Bright went head-to-head for the title.

“I was already psyched after all my runs because I knew, regardless, I was going to be on the podium with Torah,” Farrington said of watching Torah take her last run that would decide the champion.

Farrington led after her first run then had to bump up her difficulty with a backside 900 in run two when Torah Bright took the lead. Bright’s third run was her best with a combination of tricks that included a backside and frontside 540, backside air and frontside 720.

“X Games is such a huge event to action sports and to have it in France only enhances the culture of action sports on a whole,” Bright said of Winter Games coming to Europe. “That is why I am here to support the first ever Winter X Games Europe – it is history in the making.”

France added another medal to their count as Sophie Rodriguez of Grenoble finished with a bronze.

Final Results from Tignes on Thursday, March 11, 2010

Name                                      Bib No.           Hometown                             Score
1.         Kaitlyn Farrington                       135                   Sun Valley, Idaho                       97.00
2.         Torah Bright                               224                   Cooma, Australia                       95.00
3.         Sophie Rodriguez                       275                   Grenoble, France                       87.00
4.         Mercedes Nicoll                         228                   Whistler, Canada                       82.33
5.         Ellery Hollingsworth                    138                   Darien, Conn.                            79.00
6.         Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas             139                   Trondheim, Norway                    78.66