{"id":803474,"date":"2020-01-26T00:08:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T07:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/spaniard-queralt-castellet-wins-first-x-games-gold-celebrates-grandmother-yayas-85th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2020-01-26T00:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T07:08:01","slug":"spaniard-queralt-castellet-wins-first-x-games-gold-celebrates-grandmother-yayas-85th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/spaniard-queralt-castellet-wins-first-x-games-gold-celebrates-grandmother-yayas-85th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaniard Queralt Castellet wins first X Games gold, celebrates grandmother Yaya\u2019s 85th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6086021505376\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-378031-994\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/xsbpipewomen-atd-012620-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/xsbpipewomen-atd-012620-1-1024x684.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Nate Krause\/Special to The Aspen Times | X Games gold medalist Queralt Castellet celebrates at the bottom of the superpipe after the women\u2019s snowboard finals. Castellet won the medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>X Games gold medalist Queralt Castellet celebrates at the bottom of the superpipe after the women\u2019s snowboard finals. Castellet won the medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.<\/strong><br \/>Nate Krause\/Special to The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/xsbpipewomen-atd-012620-1-1024x684.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games gold medalist Queralt Castellet celebrates at the bottom of the superpipe after the women\u2019s snowboard finals. Castellet won the medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/xsbpipewomen-atd-012620-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/xsbpipewomen-atd-012620-1-1-1024x684.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Nate Krause\/Special to The Aspen Times | X Games snowboarder Queralt Castellet competes in the women\u2019s snowboard superpose finals. Castellet won the gold medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>X Games snowboarder Queralt Castellet competes in the women\u2019s snowboard superpose finals. Castellet won the gold medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.<\/strong><br \/>Nate Krause\/Special to The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/xsbpipewomen-atd-012620-1-1-1024x684.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games snowboarder Queralt Castellet competes in the women\u2019s snowboard superpose finals. Castellet won the gold medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/sports\/spaniard-queralt-castellet-wins-first-x-games-gold-celebrates-grandmother-yayas-85th-birthday\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/sports\/spaniard-queralt-castellet-wins-first-x-games-gold-celebrates-grandmother-yayas-85th-birthday\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">ASPEN \u2013 Queralt Castellet was the last snowboarder to drop in on the final run of the jam-session style superpipe competition Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After her final go, which featured a frontside 900 and a backside 540, the Spaniard and returning silver medalist waited for the announcement. When her name came over the loudspeakers, she threw her head back and thrusted her hands into the air in celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She said her first-ever X Games gold medal was all the sweeter because she earned it on her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFor me, I was coming here to do the best possible performance for her and I did,\u201d said the 30-year-old Castellet. \u201cHappy birthday, Yaya. I love you and I\u2019m so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On her third run, third-place finisher Haruna Matsumoto landed the first frontside 1080 of the competition. Kurumi Imai followed with a frontside 1080 followed by a frontside 900 to shoot her to the top of the standings for the time being. Castellet stunned the crowd with a backside 900 followed by a frontside 900.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI always want to clean up the run with a front-nine. When I had the opportunity, I decided to do the back nine in front,\u201d Catellet said. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to land, but I decided to give it a go. It worked and I\u2019m so stoked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After three rounds she sat in second place behind Japan\u2019s Imai, but she stumbled on her final run. Her small mistake could have been the difference between silver and gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Going into the event, all eyes were on California native Maddie Mastro, who had been landing the double crippler in practice. The American nearly landed the trick on her second run, but that was as close as she came all night. On her three other attempts, Mastro hit the snow. She ended the event in eighth place, while 14-year-old Canadian Brooke D\u2019Hondt finished sixth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The field was slightly different than expected as Steamboat rider Arielle Gold dropped out of the event earlier in the day. Even with Gold gone and the absence of the reigning champion Chloe Kim, Castellet still knew she needed to give it her all to secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe level tonight was insane,\u201d she said. \u201cNow there is not just one person doing perfect 10s, there\u2019s a lot of riders doing incredible tricks. \u2026 You can\u2019t think you\u2019re gonna do well because someone\u2019s not here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/sports\/spaniard-queralt-castellet-wins-first-x-games-gold-celebrates-grandmother-yayas-85th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Games gold medalist Queralt Castellet celebrates at the bottom of the superpipe after the women\u2019s snowboard finals. Castellet won the medal on the day of her grandmother\u2019s 85th birthday.Nate Krause\/Special to The Aspen Times X Games snowboarder Queralt Castellet competes in the women\u2019s snowboard superpose finals. 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