Mikaël Kingsbury back on top of the podium

The day after a second place in moguls, world champion Mikaël Kingsbury prevailed in parallel to the World Cup in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.

Kingsbury was on a 76 World Cup victory.

He started the day by winning against Frenchman Martin Suire then against Julien Viel, from Mont Sainte-Anne.

Viel was in his first duels on the circuit on Sunday.

Kingsbury then got the better of Finland’s Severi Vierela and American Cole McDonald to advance to the Grand Final.

The skier from Deux-Montagnes faced the 18-year-old Swede Filip Gravenfors.

“He is really fast on the track! Filip gave me a hard time, I skied well in the center and at a certain point I couldn’t see him beside me, said Kingsbury. I have a lot of respect for what he did. »

Gravenfors was the first to finish but the judges gave more points to the ‘King of Moguls’, who was declared the winner.

American Nick Page took bronze, winning the small final ahead of McDonald’s.

“It was tricky at times because you pick up a lot of speed in the middle, but congratulations to Filip, he’s really fast,” added Kingsbury.

“I’m happy to take the yellow leader’s jersey in this event. It’s going well, two first places and a second! »

Viel finished 13th. Elliott Vaillancourt of Drummondville was beaten by Gravenfols and placed 14, a personal best in the World Cup.

Daniel Tanner of Calgary finished 19th, Gabriel Dufresne of Joliette 26th and Alexandre Lavoie of Quebec 40th.

Among the women, Saskatchewan’s Maïa Schwinghammer and Quebec’s Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert finished 17 and 21.

American Elizabeth Lemley won gold against Japanese Anri Kawamura, while French Perrine Laffont took third place on the podium.

The next World Cup will take place in a week in France, in Alpe d’Huez.

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