HOENGSEONG, South Korea — Jasey Jay Anderson of Canada and Marion Kreiner of Austria won gold Tuesday in the parallel giant slalom at the World Cup snowboard championships.

Sylvain Dufour of France edged Matthew Morison of Canada to take the silver and Benjamin Karl of Austria finished fourth.

On the women's side, Kreiner beat Austrian teammate Doris Guenther for the title after defeating Ekaterina Tudegesheva of Russia in the quarterfinals. Patricia Kummer of Switzerland placed third, and Tomoka Takeuchi of Japan finished fourth.

The competition at Hyundai Sungwoo Resort in Gangwon Province is the first snowboard world championships held in Asia, with 614 athletes from 45 countries registered to compete in five disciplines: snowboardcross, parallel giant slalom, parallel slalom, half pipe and big air.

Markus Schairer of Austria and Helene Olafsen of Norway won the first golds of the championship in the snowboardcross competition Sunday.