Mikael Kingsbury and Jakara Anthony dominate in Georgia and extend respective Moguls World Cup leads
BySportsbeat
Published 23/12/2023 at 16:38 GMT
World Cup leaders Mikael Kingsbury and Jakara Anthony cemented their status as crystal globe favourites with dual moguls success in Bakuriani, Georgia. Canadian Kingsbury overcame his Japanese rival Ikuma Horishima in the final, while American Nick Page finished third after victory in the small final. Meanwhile, Anthony continued her dominant form with a fifth win out of six this season.
ALPE D'HUEZ, FRANCE - DECEMBER 16: Jakara Anthony of Team Australia leader in the standings, Mikael Kingsbury of Team Canada leader in the standings during the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's and Women's Dual Moguls on December 16, 2023 in Alpe d'Huez,
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Mikael Kingsbury and Jakara Anthony extended their respective leads in the FIS Freestyle Ski Moguls World Cup standings with victories in Bakuriani.
Canada's Kingsbury was upset by Ikuma Horishima in Friday's moguls but got his revenge in Georgia in the dual moguls, beating his Japanese rival in the final, with USA's Nick Page rounding out the podium after he won the small final.
Anthony, meanwhile, maintained her dominant form as she cruised to victory over Maia Schwinghammer in the women's dual moguls, her fifth win in six World Cup events.
Jaelin Kauf of the USA is the only other woman to have won a World Cup moguls event, but the American had to settle for bronze this time around.
Kingsbury now leads the overall moguls World Cup standings by 100 points from Horishima, with Rasmus Stegfeldt, of Sweden, his closest rival in the dual moguls, 60 points behind.
Anthony has a 95-point lead in the dual moguls from Olivia Giaccio of the USA, and is now 254 points clear in the overall standings ahead of the Christmas break.
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