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MOSCOW, Russia (March 6) - Justin Reiter (Steamboat Springs, CO) marked another solid season finish Saturday, racing to 13th during the parallel slalom World Cup in Moscow.
The race marked Reiter's best parallel slalom finish and third best alpine snowboarding finish, of 2010.
Italy's Aaron March won the race, followed in second by Benjamin Karl of Austria and Italy's Roland Fischnaller in third. For March, it was the first World Cup win of his career.
"It was pretty hard for me in the beginning. But I got into it better and better with every run I did," March said. "I’m pretty surprised that I was able to win."
In the women's race Doris Guenther led an Austrian sweep of the podium with Heidi Neururer was second and Julia Dujmovits was third.
"It was so much fun to compete in front of so many spectators. I could do more of races like this one," Guenter said.
No U.S. women competed.
Alpine snowboarding continues March 13 in Valmalenco, Italy.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
2010 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup
Moscow, Russia - March 6, 2010
Parallel Slalom
Men's
1. Aaron March, Italy
2. Benjamin Karl, Austria
3. Roland Fischnaller, Italy
4. Kaspar Fluetsch, Switzerland
5. Simon Schooch, Switzerland
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13. Justin Reiter, Steamboat Springs, CO
33. Vic Wild, White Salmon, WA
Women's
1. Doris Guenther, Austria
2. Heidi Neururer, Austria
3. Julia Dujmovits, Austria
4. Alena Zavarzina, Russia
5. Ekaterina Ilyukhina, Russia
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