Laffont and Kingsbury open Deer Valley week with wins
Freestyle 05 Feb 2021
The women s and men s podiums in Deer Valley © US Ski & Snowboard
With a daylight start time and the absence of the thousands of fans who gather, year-in and year-out, at the bottom of the Champion Run to take in the action on what is one of the world’s best moguls courses, Thursday’s Intermountain Healthcare FIS Freestyle Skiing moguls World Cup at Deer Valley Resort (USA) certainly had a different vibe than we’re used to.
What
was familiar, however, were the two skiers we saw climb to the top of the podium once competition had wrapped up on the imposing Champion Run, with Perrine Laffont (FRA) defending last year’s Deer Valley MO title for the women, and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) making a triumphant return to competition with the victory for the men.
Mikael Kingsbury teki näyttävän paluun kumpareikkoon - Ahvenaisen kisapäivä päättyi karsintakierrokselle
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Intriguing storylines abound ahead of Deer Valley World Cups
Freestyle 03 Feb 2021
Women s moguls World Cup leader Perrine Laffont (FRA) © Steven Kornreich/U.S. Ski Team
Against the odds, the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup is set this week to get down to business at one of one of the longest-running and most esteemed venues in all of freestyle skiing, as from February 4-6 we’re on site once again at Deer Valley Resort (USA) for the 2021 Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International moguls, dual moguls and aerials World Cup competitions.
This season’s Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International marks 23 years that Deer Valley Resort has played host to international freestyle skiing competition, including the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the 2003, 2011 and 2019 World Championships, as well as 18 iterations of the Deer Valley World Cup freestyle extravaganza. In fact, when you tally