Canada’s Kingsbury opens World Cup season with moguls victory in Finland
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RUKA, Finland – Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury opened the new World Cup moguls campaign by picking up where he left off last season.
Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., won two World Cups and two world titles last winter after returning from a back injury that came at the same venue he conquered on Saturday.
“Today feels a bit like redemption,” Kingsbury said. “Starting the season on a high note takes some of the pressure off. In 2017, I won here before heading to the Olympics. Hopefully things will go the same way this year.”
Kingsbury, who’ll be a favourite to win another Olympic title this February in Beijing, earned his 66th career World Cup win.
He finished with a score of 82.99 points, finishing just ahead of Kazakhstan’s Pavel Kolmakov (82.10). Japan’s Ikuma Horishima was third with 81.12.
Kingsbury fractured his T4 and T5 vertebrae during a training run late last year, forcing the Olympic champion to miss the first three World Cups of the season.
“It’s great to get a win after missing out,” Kingsbury said.
Two other Canadian men finished in the top 20 on Saturday. Kerrian Chunlaud of Ste-Foy, Que., was 17th and Brenden Kelly of Pemberton, B.C., was 18th.
Montreal’s Chloe Dufour-Lapointe was 12th in the first women’s final and did not advance.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2021.
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