Anthony repeats, Kingsbury back on top in Alpe d’Huez
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A hugely successful three-day showcase of the best of freestyle skiing wrapped up on Saturday in Alpe d’Huez, where dual moguls competition closed out a couple of beautiful days of moguls action in France in spectacular fashion. There Jakara Anthony (AUS) repeated her performance from Friday and grabbed another victory in women’s competition, while Mikael Kingsbury went all-out for top spot on the men’s side.
After finishing in top-3 in each of the previous competitions before coming to France, Anthony first claimed the top spot in single moguls on Friday, just to back it up with her second victory in two days in Saturday’s dual moguls.
While it was a crash-filled day of competition as the world’s best moguls skiers pushed their limits on a challenging course in Alpe d’Huez, Anthony remained calm, cool and in control throughout the day, keeping her turns tidy, her speed up and her wits about her as others struggled.
In the big final Anthony matched up against the 2021 dual moguls World Champion Anastasiia Smirnova (RUS), who somehow struggled so far in 2021/22 campaign after wrapping up last season with two medals in Almaty (KAZ). On Friday, however, also Smirnova was keeping her tips pointed down, acing the middle section and launching stylish backflips mute grabs off the bottom air.
It was a tight big final on the women’s side with both Smirnova and Anthony putting down flawless runs, but in the end it was Anthony who won this matchup by a single point (18 to 17), thus claiming her second victory in two days.
Smirnova finished the competition in second place for her best result so far in the season, while Kai Owens (USA) rounded out the women’s podium in third place, after edging out her teammate Jaelin Kauf in the small final.
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