LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle edged out Eliot Grondin of Canada in a dramatic photo finish to successfully defend his men's snowboard cross title at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games on Thursday.
Haemmerle crossed the line just 0.03 seconds ahead of Grondin in the big final, replicating his narrow victory over the Canadian at Beijing 2022, where the margin was 0.02 seconds.
