February 22, 2012
Twenty-Two Aspen Medalists Including McMorris, Turski and Groenwoud Among Those to Attend
Snowboarder Shaun White will be among the 150 elite competitors ESPN and Canal+ Events will welcome to France for Winter X Games Tignes 2012 from March 14-16. White, who just won gold last month at Winter X Games in Aspen, will compete in the Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe and Slopestyle competitions with live U.S. coverage on ESPN2 and ESPN3 as well as extensive coverage on ESPN’s international networks. Winter X Games Tignes will be delivered to more than 232 million homes and will be telecast live to 178 countries and territories, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and New Zealand.
For the complete, updated athlete list for Winter X Games Tignes, log on to www.xgames.com.
Among the invited athletes for Tignes who medaled at Winter X Games Aspen 2012:
- Anderson, Jamie (USA) – Gold Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle
- Aono, Ryo (Japan) – Bronze Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe
- Bowman, Maddie (USA) – Silver Women’s Ski SuperPipe
- Clark, Kelly (USA) – Gold Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe
- Goepper, Nick (USA) – Silver Men’s Ski Slopestyle
- Groenwoud, Roz (Canada) – Gold Women’s Ski SuperPipe
- Hatveit, Andreas (Norway) – Bronze Men’s Ski Slopestyle
- Hight, Elena (USA) – Silver Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe
- Kotsenburg, Sage (USA) – Silver Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle
- Logan, Devin (USA) – Silver Women’s Ski Slopestyle
- McMorris, Mark (Canada) – Gold Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle
- Oestgaard Buaas, Kjersti (Norway) – Bronze Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle
- Podladtchikov, Iouri (Switzerland) – Silver Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe
- Rukajarvi, Enni (Finland) – Silver Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle
- Segal, Anna (Australia) – Bronze Women’s Ski Slopestyle
- Sigourney, Brita (USA) – Bronze Women’s Ski SuperPipe
- Teter, Hannah (USA) – Bronze Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe
- Turski, Kaya (Canada) – Gold Women’s Ski Slopestyle
- Wallisch, Tom (USA) – Gold Men’s Ski Slopestyle
- Wise, David (USA) – Gold Men’s Ski SuperPipe
- Yater-Wallace, Torin (USA) – Bronze Men’s Ski SuperPipe
Additional athletes who are confirmed on the third and final invite list are France’s Xavier Bertoni and Mathieu Crepel; Australia’s Torah Bright; Norway’s Mikkel Bang; Switzerland’s Virginie Faivre; and USA’s Mason Aguirre and Ellery Hollingsworth.
*PLEASE NOTE: The invited athlete list is constantly being updated and is subject to change.
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Contacts:
ESPN X Games: Katie Moses Swope, 303-290-7888; katie.moses-swope@espn.com
Tignes Resort Stéphanie Aillet, + 33 6 76 02 12 38, presse@tignes.net
CANAL + Events Olivia Payerne, +33 1 46 04 08 62, contact@agence-op.fr