Austria’s Stefan Gimpl completed his Snowboarding World Cup hat-trick with big air gold in Stockholm.

The 30-year old is undefeated in big air events since January’s World Championships in Gangwon, Korea and has started this season like a steamtrain with victories in London and Barcelona.

And Gimpl showed no signs that he would relinquish his record in Sweden where, after cruising through qualifying in fourth, he gave a statement of intent with his first run in the final, scoring 26 points.

Scores of 24.1 and 24.8 swiftly followed to see the Austrian top the podium again with Slovenia’s Mirko Grilc 0.3 points back in second and Norway’s Gjermund Braaten on 38.5 in third.

Swiss youngster Gian-Luca Cavigelli pushed the Austrian close at the first two World Cups of the season in London and Barcelona but did not look comfortable in his first two runs in the Stockholm final and eventually finished fourth with 37.8.

The next big air World Cup is in Seoul, Korea on December 13.

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