Mikaël Kingsbury wins gold in dual moguls for Crystal Globe season sweep
Deux-Montagnes, Que., native holds off Ikuma Horishima to capture all 3 season titles
Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikaël Kingsbury finished strong at the season-ending dual moguls event in Livigno, Italy.
The 32-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., won Wednesday's big final to not only take gold, but also cement his third Crystal Globe win of the season.
Kingsbury – who had already clinched the season titles in moguls and overall – used Wednesday's win to finish with 544 total points in dual moguls to take that discipline's title.
"It feels awesome," Kingsbury said post-race. "I knew it was a good course for me. I like steeper courses, I've always done better in them. It's pretty tiring, when you ski finals, super finals. But I'm very happy I felt that my skiing was getting better and better.
"We're at 99 now, so next win is 100 which is pretty crazy. Too bad that [was] the last race of the season, but Ruka [next season] is coming up."
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Ikuma Horishima was the only skier that could have caught Kingsbury for the dual moguls Crystal Globe, but the Japanese skier's silver-medal result saw him finish 104 points behind the Canadian.
Filip Gravenfors of Sweden took bronze and also finished third in the dual moguls season standings.
The win marked Kingsbury's 99th career gold-medal victory on the World Cup circuit. He finishes the season with 13 medals (nine golds, four silvers) across 16 World Cup events.
On the women's side, Saskatoon's Maia Schwinghammer lost her 1/8th final to eventual gold medallist Charlotte Wilson of Australia.
American Jaelin Kauf took silver, while French skier Perrine Laffont won bronze.
With files from The Canadian Press
