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Canadian snowboarder Dominique Maltais celebrates her victory in Lech am Arlberg, Austria, Wednesday with teammate Maelle Ricker, right, who placed second, and Alexandra Jekova of Bulgaria, who took the bronze. Photo by thestar.com
Bulgaria's best snowboarder Alexandra Jekova has won the silver medal in the third women's cross for the 2011 in Telluride, Colorado.
23-year-old Jekova came in second after 29-year-old Dominique Maltais of Canada with another Canadian, Maelle Ricker, coming in third.
Maltais has won all three competitions of the season so far. In the previous start, in Lech am Arlberg, Austria, Jekova grabbed the bronze while Ricker was second.
The silver in Colorado is the seventh medal in the career of the Bulgarian snowboarder, who is also known for sexy photo sessions back home.
Jekova is third in the ranking of the women's snowboard cross with 1800 points; Maltais is first with 3000 points, while Ricker is second with 2200.
In the overall border cross World Cup ranking, Jekova is sixth with her 1800 points.
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