Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury wins World Cup moguls gold for 2nd straight day

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Canada's Mikael Kingsbury won moguls golden Saturday for his 2nd World Cup crown successful arsenic galore days in Mont-Tremblant, Que.

Reigning Olympic champion claims 70th vocation World Cup triumph successful Mont-Tremblant

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jan 08, 2022 4:38 PM EST | Last Updated: January 8, 2022

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury won moguls golden Saturday for his 2nd World Cup crown successful arsenic galore days successful Mont-Tremblant, Que.

It was besides the 70th vocation World Cup rubric for the reigning Olympic champion from Deux-Montagnes, Que.

Kingsbury, who has won 5 golden medals this season, finished archetypal with 85.59 points. Sweden's Walter Wallberg was 2nd (82.66) and Japan's Ikuma Horishima took bronze (78.78) successful a repetition of Friday's decorativeness order.

"I liked my skiing, I deliberation I was skiing a spot amended than yesterday," said Kingsbury, who besides earned his 99th vocation World Cup podium. "I wasn't scoring arsenic overmuch but I was happier with my ski."

WATCH l Kingsbury captures World Cup golden connected back-to-back days:

Kingsbury wins moguls golden connected back-to-back days astatine Tremblant

Canadian Mikael Kingsbury's 2nd golden medal successful arsenic galore days astatine Mont Tremblant pushed him to the apical of the World Cup moguls standings.

Brenden Kelly of Pemberton, B.C., was 10th.

Perrine Laffont of France won the women's competition. Australia's Jakara Anthony took metallic and Japan's Anri Kawamura picked up bronze.

Montreal's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe was the apical Canadian successful eighth place.

COVID-19 protocols successful the state of Quebec prevented fans from attending the event.

WATCH l Kingsbury tops World Cup podium on Friday: