Parallel Moguls | Mikaël Kingsbury concludes his perfect season

(Megève) Mikaël Kingsbury signed a fourth victory in as many races in parallel moguls when he got his hands on the event of the World Cup Finals in Megève, thus capturing a third crystal globe in two days.

Posted at 1:06 p.m.

The Quebecer beat the Japanese Ikuma Horishima in the final to ensure the small globe of the discipline. Swede Walter Wallberg won the small final ahead of his compatriot Ludvig Fjällström.

The four moguls finished the season in the same order in the dual moguls standings.

Gabriel Dufresne finished sixth after being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Wallberg. Elliott Vaillancourt took the 16thand rank.

Kingsbury had confirmed the day before his little globe in singles, winning at the same time the crystal globe in the general classification, his 10and in career.

He finished the season with 1072 points overall, 132 better than Horishima. Wallberg (613) and Fjällström (461) follow.

The 29-year-old now has 21 career globes, one more than alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, following that 74and victory on the World Cup circuit

Dufresne ends the season at 15and rank in the general classification.

Laffont victorious, but Anthony beats her

Among the women, Perrine Laffont won this last race of the season, ahead of the Australian Jakara Anthony, which allowed her to maintain her lead over the French to get her hands on the small globe.

This second place also allowed the Australian to maintain her lead at the top of the general classification in front of Perrin, 925 against 906 points.

Anthony thus wins a first overall classification globe. Perrin is the singles mogul champion.

On Saturday, American Jaelin Kauf beat her compatriot Kai Owens in the small final to climb to third place on the podium.

The Canadians were all eliminated in the round of 16. Justine Dufour-Lapointe obtained the best result, a ninth place, followed by Valérie Gilbert (11and), Maia Schwinghammer (12and), Berkley Brown (13and), Chloé Justine Dufour-Lapointe (15and) and Sofiane Gagnon (16and).

Justine Dufour-Lapointe ends the season with the highest Canadian ranking overall with an 11and square. Schwinghammer finished 15and, in front of Chloe. Gagnon follows in 18and square ; Brown is 22and and Gilbert, 28and.


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