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QUEBEC -- Antoine Truchon of Ste-Adele, Que. Frank Vatrano Jersey ., won bronze in the big air event at the Snowboard Jamboree stop on the FIS World Cup snowboard circuit. Petja Piiroinen of Finland took gold with 161.75 points and Mans Hedberg of Sweden was second at 161.00. Truchon placed third with 156.25, edging Maxence Parrot of Cowansville, Que., in fourth at 150.75. "It was a great night for me and to win a medal in Quebec is really special," said Truchon. "Its been a challenging year for me trying to qualify for the Olympics in the slopestyle. I feel like Im just starting to find my form now." Matts Kulisek of St-Sauveur, Que., was also in the final and placed 12th. Big air is a judged event in which individual riders approach a single jump 40 metres high and 110 metres long and perform tricks in the air. They land on a slope of around 30 degrees. Earlier, qualifying was held in nearby Stoneham, Que., for the halfpipe and slopestyle events. This is the last event for Canadians to reach their standards for the Sochi Olympics. The rest of the Canadian snowboard team will be nominated on Tuesday. A first group was nominated on January 3 in Vancouver. In slopestyle, Parrot and Piiroinen earned berths for the final, posting the two top scores in the opening heat at 89.66 and 85.66 points. Parrot won two medals on the circuit last season including a bronze in Stoneham. Charles Reid of Tremblant, Que., also got a direct berth to the final, placing second in the third heat with the eighth best time overall. Canadians advancing to the semifinals were Darcy Sharpe of Comox, B.C., Matts Kulisek of St-Sauveur, Que., Jonathan Versteeg of Vernon, B.C., and Tyler Nicholson of North Bay, Ont. For the women, Brooke Voigt of Fort McMurray, B.C., reached the semifinals, placing third in the second heat. The slopestyle semis and finals are on Sunday. In womens halfpipe qualifying, Alexandra Duckworth of Kingsburg, N.S., ranked ninth in qualifying to gain the last spot for the semifinals. Brad Martin of Ancaster, Ont., was fourth in the second heat to also make the cut for the semis. The halfpipe semis and finals are on Saturday. Denis Malgin Panthers Jersey . Ibrahimovic put PSG ahead when he got in front of his marker to neatly flick in Lucass cross in the 59th minute. New signing Yohan Cabaye came on as a second-half substitute and headed Ezequiel Lavezzis cross against the post in the 87th. Moments later, Lucas set up another goal from the right when fellow countryman Alex turned in his corner with a strikers finish. Keith Yandle Panthers Jersey .Y. -- Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire will have less time to remain eligible for the Hall of Fame ballot under changes made Saturday. http://www.hockeypanthersofficialonline.com/ . At times during a solid but not spectacular season, they looked all three. Still the defending AFC champions persevered, riding their top-ranked defence and key contributions from younger players to a 12-4 record and their eighth playoff appearance since 2000, remarkable consistency in a league where change is the only constant.MOSCOW - Fifth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova started her Kremlin Cup campaign with a win on Tuesday, beating 16-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh 6-3, 6-4.Pavlyuchenkova, the world No. 30, will now meet either Alison Riske of the United States or fellow Russian Daria Kasatkina, a wild card entrant, in the second round.Its hard to start your first match at a tournament, especially at home, and you always want to play well, and I think it really wasnt bad, said Pavlyuchenkova, who admitted she hardly knew anything about Konjuh before the match.Palvyuchenkova is chasing her second WTA title of the year after winning the Open GDF Suez in Paris in February.She has played at the Kremlin Cup six times before, only progressing past the first round once, last year, when she lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Simona Halep.There was an upset as Frances Caroline Garcia, seeded eighth, lost 6-4 6-2 to Moscow-born Serbian Aleksandra Krunic, who is ranked 73 places below Garcia in 109th.It was difficult, she played really well, said Garcia, adding that Krunic is a tough player, shes moving very well and she has a good servve. Aaron Ekblad Panthers Jersey. Krunics reward is a second-round meeting with Bulgarias Tsvetana Pironkova.Local favourite Elena Vesnina has struggled with injuries this season and didnt last long in front of her home crowd, losing her first-round match with Czech player Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-2.In the mens draw, last years losing finalist Mikhail Kukushkin started slowly against Russian youngster Karen Khachanov, but recovered to win 6-7(3), 6-0, 6-2.The Russian-born Kazakh player, ranked 74th in the world, now meets fourth-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini.U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic, seeded second, will face Evgeny Donskoy in the second round after the Russian wild card beat Israeli Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-0.Former world No. 10 Juan Monaco of Argentina also progressed, beating Italys Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. In the second round, he meets one of two Russians, either seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny or qualifier Viktor Baluda.The Kremlin Cup, now in its 25th year, is an ATP 250 tournament for the men with a prize fund of $855,490. For the women, it is a WTA Premier tournament offering $710,000 in total prize money. ' ' '