Canada's Elliot Vaillancourt wins World Cup moguls silver on home snow

Canada's Elliot Vaillancourt won silver Friday at the FIS freestyle skiing moguls World Cup in Val Saint-Côme, Que.

CBC Sports' live coverage from Val Saint-Côme, Que., continues Saturday at 7 p.m. ET

A male freestyle moguls skier smiles while raising his arms in celebration, holding skis in his right hand.
Drummondville, Que., native Elliot Vaillancourt celebrates a second-place finish in the men's World Cup moguls event on Friday in Val Saint-Côme, Que. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Canada's Elliot Vaillancourt won silver Friday at the FIS freestyle skiing moguls World Cup in Val Saint-Côme, Que.

Vaillancourt, from Drummondville, Que., finished in second place with a score of 82.37 points, just behind Sweden's Walter Wallberg (84.92).

Sweden's Filip Gravenfors (77.70) took bronze. Mikaël Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., was 13th.

WATCH l Vaillancourt finishes 2nd in Val Saint-Côme:

Quebec's Elliot Vaillancourt captures World Cup moguls silver on home soil

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Elliot Vaillancourt of Drummondville, Que., finishes second in men's moguls with a score of 82.37 at a World Cup freestyle skiing event in Val St. Come, Que.

Jakara Anthony (82.01) of Australia took gold in the women's competition. American Jaelin Kauf (74.87) won silver ahead of Japan's Hinako Tomitaka (74.19).

Berkley Brown of Aurora, Ont., was the top Canadian in eighth place.

Watch live coverage of the World Cup in Val Saint-Côme on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem, continuing Saturday at 7 p.m. ET with dual moguls.

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