His fall, a few days before Christmas, is an ugly memory. The Ariègeoise Perrine Laffont confirms her comeback, three weeks before the Beijing Olympics (February 4-20). She won the World Cup mogul skiing competition in Deer Valley (United States) on Thursday, five days after her victory in Mont Tremblant (Canada). With 80.20 points in the six-man final, the queen of Mont d’Olmes narrowly edged out the Japanese Anri Kawamura (80.03) and the Australian Jakara Anthony (79.84), who had nevertheless shown dominant in qualifying and during the first run of the final.
The Ariégeoise thus seizes the yellow bib of the leader of the World Cup and garners confidence before the Olympics. With her 24th victory on the world circuit, the 3rd this season, the reigning Olympic champion is back to the top after a difficult start to the season marked by worse results than usual, and by a heavy fall at Alpe d’ Boo in December. The skiers continue with a second competition on Friday in Deer Valley.