Gretchen Rocks Swiss Halfpipe

November 24th, 2006 at 06:01am Post Staff 43

SAAS FEE, SWITZERLAND (Post Time News)—Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler of Aspen is looking better than ever.

The evidence is her win here Thanksgiving Day victory in the World Cup halfpipe over Soko Yamaoka of Japan. Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland took third.

"It's always good to start with a win," Bleiler said. "I really haven't ridden pipe since August in Australia so I'm pretty pumped. The weather was pretty gnarly with some heavy wind picking up toward the end of the day and visibility was tough at times, but it's still good to have a win to open the season." 

Bleiler is on a roll in the World Cup halfpipe that includes a World Cup win in Lake Placid in the last event last season.

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