November 27, 2024

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Michael Kingsbury’s winning streak ended in Deer Valley

Un skieur acrobatique fait un saut dans les airs.

In the Super Final, reserved for the six best skiers, he scored 82.84 points. Japanese Ikuma Horishima (84.04), the runner-up the day before him, won gold this time.

Swedish Walter Wal‌berg (79.62) finished 3rd.

This is a really nice descent. Ikuma put all the gum and he gave everything to get in front of me, Kingsbury analyzed. I know that. When I saw his time, he was faster than me. I know he did a good run, but looking at him he scored the best run in the competition.

I knew I kept the door open for him. I don’t think it provided my best skiing, but it was great for the conditions, ”Kingsbury added. When I crossed the line, I knew the next competition was at the Olympics. My body is fine, I am healthy and that is important.

Kingsbury sees his winning streak, Launched in December in the Alpe de Hughes, Stop at four. He signed Two in Mont-Tremblant, In early January, before landing in Deer Valley.

He is the only Canadian player in the Super Final. Laurent Dumice, Brendan Kelly, Gabriel Dufresne and Jordan Kober finished 8th, 9th, 10th and 28th respectively.

In qualifying, Kingsbury finished second with a score of 80.79, while Dumis finished second with 77.12. Dumais’ performance also beat Horishima (75.55) and Wallburg (75.06).

I’m happy for Laurent. I knew it would not be so easy to recover from a back injury and I knew he was still in pain. He was Clutch [il s’est accroché]. I was not surprised, but his skiing impressed me, Says Kingsbury.

Kingsbury’s biggest rival, Horishima, signed on the seventh podium in seven events this season and won for the third time in his career.

In the Mughals World Cup standings, Kingsbury retained the top spot with a total of 572 points. However, by winning on Friday, Horishima was 20 points ahead of Kubeker and his delay was only 12 points.

I think today’s show will relieve the pressure on me for games. I’m not getting to the games the right way, but I’ve started the season great, I’ll have a wonderful month in January, so I’m very satisfied, Underlined Cubeser.

There is only one stop left on the Mughals World Cup calendar this season. It will take place on March 19 in Megave, France after the Beijing Olympics.

Strong Women’s Final

The women’s final was very close, with only a few tenths of a point separating the top three. This is the business of Japanese Anri Kawamura (80.89), 2nd day behind Perrin Lafont. The French woman finished 3rd with 80.02 points. Zakara Anthony (80.32) of Australia finished second.

Chloe Dufour-Lapoint, 15th, topped Canadian. His sister Justin, Sofian Gagnon and Maya Schwingham exited in qualifying.

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