Canada's Kingsbury wins 3rd straight moguls gold, teammate Vaillancourt takes silver

Canadian moguls superstar Mikaël Kingsbury continues to top the podium at World Cup moguls events, but this time he was joined by fellow Canadian Elliot Vaillancourt.

Canadian swept World Cup moguls events last weekend in Sweden

A male skier smiles whiles raising a ski in both hands.
Mikaël Kingsbury, shown in this February 2023 file photo, scored his third gold medal of the new World Cup moguls season on Friday in Alpe d'Huez in France. (Jeff Swinger/The Associated Press)

 

Canadian moguls superstar Mikaël Kingsbury continues to top the podium at World Cup moguls events, but this time he was joined by a fellow Canadian.

Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que., scored 86.55 points to win Friday's final in Alpe d'Huez in France, also claiming his third consecutive gold medal on the season.

Elliot Vaillancourt, of Drummondville, Que., scored his first-career World Cup podium by taking the silver medal with a 77.44-point performance in the final run.

Japan's Ikuma Horshima (77.23) rounded out the podium in bronze-medal position.

WATCH | Canadians go 1-2 in the French Alps:

Canadians Kingsbury and Vaillancourt earn World Cup gold and silver in the French Alps

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Mikaël Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., won gold while Elliot Vaillancourt of Drummondville, Que., won silver at the FIS freestyle skiing World Cup moguls event in Huez, France.

Kingsbury now has four medals (three gold, one bronze) in as many World Cup events this season.

The Canadian has 10 discipline titles in the moguls World Cup, sweeping the two events (moguls and dual moguls) three times. He also holds the record for most overall Freestyle World Cup titles, with nine.

On the women's side, Australia's Jakara Anthony (79.98) won gold, ahead of Americans Jaelin Kauf (75.64) and Olivia Giaccio (74.82).

Canada's Berkley Brown and Maia Schwinghammer did not advance to the final round and finished ninth and 15th, respectively.

World Cup competition continues with the dual moguls event on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET, streaming live on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and CBC Gem.

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