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Lassila Wins Elusive World Cup Title & Other Wins Toronto, Ontario. Feb. 15, 2009
After finishing second in the aerial skiing World Cup title chase on four occasions, Lydia Lassila has finally broken through to win her first crystal globe. Lassila claimed bronze in the final event of the season in Moscow, and that was enough keep her ahead of Chinese arch rival Li Nina on the 2009 World Cup points table.
Although the Australian had led the World Cup standings from the start of the season, niggling injuries and the drive for high degree of difficulty triple somersaults had cost her valuable World Cup points towards the end, and she went into the Moscow event just nine points clear of Li. 
Lassila became the fourth Australian woman to win the World Cup title, following Kirstie Marshall (1992), Jacqui Cooper (’99, ‘00, ‘01, ’07, ’08) and Alisa Camplin (’03, ’04). Karbon is a proud sponsor of the Australian Aerial Team, Olympic Winter Institute of Australia as well as the 2010 Australian Olympic Team.
Overall, this has been an exciting week on the World Cup for Karbon. In Womens Alpine, Tina Maze follows up her world championship silver with a bronze in Super G today from Italy. In short track skating, Tatiana Borodulina from Australia won her first 500m World Cup race on Feb. 15 in Dresden, Germany. She followed up her victory the next day with another gold in the 500m race.
Schure Sports, a Toronto based company in business since 1982, designs and manufactures KARBON brand year round performance apparel which is designed for winter sports, aerobic activity and athletic training. The company does extensive product testing with its sponsored World Cup Teams, providing invaluable feedback with respect to product development. In association with some of the world's leading companies in insulation and fabric technology, they are bringing garments to the consumer that performs in better harmony with the body. Schure Sports is committed to the highest level of product quality and service and the promotion of sport through the support of amateur and professional athletes around the world. For complete information contact Schure Sports Inc., Toronto, Ontario. 416-741-2119 (phone), 905-761-0469 (fax), or news_release@schure.com www.karbon.net
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