Freestyle skiing: Mikaël Kingsbury wins gold at Val Saint Côme
Mikaël Kingsbury continues to live up to his title as the king of moguls after winning another gold medal Friday at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Val Saint-Côme, Quebec.
Racing just over 100 kilometres away from his hometown, the Deux-Montagnes, QC native was estatic after clinching the gold medal in his final run.
The crowd went wild watching their hero @MikaelKingsbury storm to his career’s 77th World Cup victory, and his fourth here @ValStCome , with this perfectly clean big final run!
— FISfreestyle (@FISfreestyle) January 28, 202385.37 pts and a big round of applause from the happy fans on site
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Kingsbury ran a perfect final run to finish with 85.37 points, while the next closest competitor was Sweden’s Walter Wallberg who claimed silver with 81.69 points. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima won the bronze medal with 81.36 points.
It’s the 77th World Cup gold for the 30-year-old, and his third moguls/dual moguls gold of the 2022-23 season.
READ: Mikaël Kingsbury wins dual moguls gold in Sweden
Canadians Elliot Vaillancourt (76.63) and Louis-David Chalifoux (76.52) finished in 9th and 10th place respectively.
On the women’s side, Maia Schwinghammer had the best result of her career with a 5th place and a total score of 72.92 points.