STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Belarussian Dmitri Dashinski overcame tricky winds Sunday to win the first World Cup aerials contest of his career.
Jacqui Cooper of Australia, the current world champion, won her second in a row for the women.High winds delayed the start of the final day of the Sprint Shootout more than two hours. The final jumpers competed as dusk approached at Steamboat Ski Resort.
Dashinski, whose best previous finish in three years on the World Cup tour was third two years ago at Breckenridge, Colo., received 237.08 points from the judges for his two jumps.
Canadian Nicolas Fontaine, the two-time World Cup champion who won last week, was runner-up (234.16).
"I normally don't start so fast but I'm on a bit of a roll for these first two contests," Fontaine said. "I want to keep it going next week at Lake Tahoe because my goal this season is to win the overall Grand Prix and now two podiums give me a good start."
Olympic champion Eric Bergoust of Missoula, Mont., finished third with 230.55.
"I got a little too high on my second jump," Bergoust said. "We got used to a head wind in practice and then it stopped (for the competition) and that messes with your confidence a lot.
In the women's contest, Cooper won received 186.36 points and Canadian Veronica Brenner was second with 177.06. Norway's Hilde Lid completed the podium, receiving 170.54.
Olympic and World Cup champion Nikki Stone of Westborough, Mass., was fourth after spending a mostly sleepless night with stomach problems.
"I didn't know whether I'd be able to jump, but I felt OK this morning," Stone said. "I was just weak, so I'm pleased just to be able to compete and finish as high as fourth."
Liselotte Johansson of Sweden suffered knee injuries when she crashed in pre-competition training. She was taken to a local clinic and doctors said she probably would not need surgery.