Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury wins second moguls World Cup of season
THAIWOO, China — Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury skied to his second victory in as many competitions this season at Saturday’s single moguls World Cup event in Thaiwoo, China.
After winning the moguls event last weekend in Ruka, Finland — the first competition of the FIS World Cup season — Kingsbury took the gold medal in China with a final-run score of 90.31, beating Japan’s Ikuma Horishima (87.68) and Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Reikherd (86.92).
After getting the top score in qualifications, Kingsbury settled for second place behind Horishima after the first run of the finals, but bounced back in the end to capture the gold.
“It was a very tough day for me. There’s a gastro bug going around here and I started feeling sick yesterday,” said Kingsbury after earning his 51st career World Cup victory and 75th medal. “I was sick during the night and even lost six pounds.”