Moguls: Kearney, Kingsbury win again in Naeba

American Olympic champion Hannah Kearney exhibited her dominance Saturday in snowy, foggy Naeba, Japan, the site of her first ever World Cup win in 2004, besting the field by 1.25 points. Kearney’s win extends her FIS World Cup record win streak to 16.

“This week was about enjoying skiing. If I allow the pressure of continuing a streak or trying to beat the people who are trying to beat me, I ski more tensely,” said Kearney, who with a perfect 100, Kearney remains the FIS Freestyle overall lead. “This week I tried to have fun and that is what allowed me to do a better mute grab, because it's fun to do tricks.”

Canadians Audrey Robichaud and Justine Dufour-Lapointe took second and third medals.

Mikael Kingsbury of Canada took the men’s win. Jeremy Cota led the U.S. men finishing second for his third podium of the season. Cota is second in the World Cup moguls point standings. Canadian Cedric Rochon was third.

“It was a good day, a long day. The weather conditions were changing all the time,” said Cota. “It took quite a while to get going, but once we did I was happy with the way I skied. It is good to be close and hopefully one of these times I can take him (Kingsbury) out.”

I am definitely happy with my overall ranking. I have a lot of momentum going into the next event.

Kingsbury was first in the men’s division for his eighth win and ninth podium out of nine events so far this season.

Varying weather conditions with up to three centimeters of snow falling per hour made the course tough for all the competitors. The bumps were soft and forgiving, but the quantity of snow meant course holds, and changes in the lines for every run.

Kingsbury emerged the victor after throwing an impressive twisting backflip and cork 1080 for his airs today. He scored 25.34.

“This morning because there was a lot of fog in the course, and a lot of delays,” Kingsbury said. “It was hard to find good balance in training, but when I found it my skiing went well. I’m happy, but most of all I’m super stoked for Cedric for his first podium, I’m so happy for my roommate.”

Women’s Results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Result	Level	Points
1	1	2328513	KEARNEY Hannah	1986	USA	25.49		1000.00
2	10	2329677	ROBICHAUD Audrey	1988	CAN	24.24		800.00
3	2	2485348	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Justine	1994	CAN	24.02		600.00
4	6	2484720	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe	1991	CAN	23.85		500.00
5	4	2267596	SUDOVA Nikola	1982	CZE	23.73		450.00
6	20	2484830	MURATA Arisa	1990	JPN	23.57		400.00
7	22	2175252	UEMURA Aiko	1979	JPN	23.40		360.00
8	13	2397097	ITO Miki	1987	JPN	23.12		320.00
9	3	2364117	MCPHIE Heather	1984	USA	22.61		290.00
10	7	2438419	OAKLEY K C	1988	USA	22.17		260.00
11	15	2485213	LOWEREE Brittany	1990	USA	21.90		240.00
12	11	2379346	HENITIUK Chelsea	1987	CAN	21.14		220.00
13	19	2485108	HOSHINO Junko	1989	JPN	18.40		200.00
14	5	2329386	OUTTRIM Eliza	1985	USA	14.05		180.00
15	9	2481681	STOLYAROVA Ekaterina	1988	RUS	4.24		160.00
16	16	2485019	RAKHIMOVA Regina	1985	RUS			150.00
17	21	2484304	RYBALOVA Darya	1988	KAZ	20.25		140.00
18	26	2485204	MATTHEWS Mikaela	1991	USA	20.03		130.00
19	8	2484307	GALYSHEVA Yulia	1992	KAZ	19.91		120.00
20	18	2485027	PERTAKHIYA Marika	1992	RUS	19.79		110.00
21	31	2484907	DUFRESNE Alexandra	1989	CAN	19.76		100.00
22	12	2476152	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime	1989	CAN	19.71		90.00
23	14	2485203	KLOSER Heidi	1992	USA	19.64		80.00
24	33	2484925	BILODEAU Beatrice	1993	CAN	19.27		70.00
25	37	2527135	ICHIMURA Miki	1993	JPN	19.25		60.00
26	28	2034796	SATOYA Tae	1976	JPN	18.73		50.00
27	29	2525906	SEO Jung-Hwa	1990	KOR	17.61		45.00
28	32	2527560	NING Qin	1992	CHN	17.33		40.00
29	34	2527003	SEO Jee-Won	1994	KOR	14.94		36.00
30	30	2527562	WEN Mengying	1993	CHN	13.61		32.00
31	25	2528133	WESSEL Hedvig	1995	NOR	4.48		28.00

Men’s Results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Result	Level	Points
1	1	2484937	KINGSBURY Mikael	1992	CAN	25.34		1000.00
2	2	2484727	COTA Jeremy	1988	USA	24.76		800.00
3	11	2484677	ROCHON Cedric	1990	CAN	24.50		600.00
4	30	2385166	UENO Osamu	1983	JPN	24.41		500.00
5	6	2484730	MARQUIS Philippe	1989	CAN	24.28		450.00
6	3	2382838	DENEEN Patrick	1987	USA	24.08		400.00
7	20	2471011	DISCOE Joseph	1987	USA	23.92		360.00
8	12	2485221	WILSON Bradley	1992	USA	23.87		320.00
9	23	2526132	MIETTUNEN Ville	1992	FIN	23.60		290.00
10	19	2406506	SPETT Per	1985	SWE	23.02		260.00
11	45	2397776	NISHI Nobuyuki	1985	JPN	22.95		240.00
12	5	2484952	GAGNON Marc-Antoine	1991	CAN	22.76		220.00
13	4	2482554	VOLKOV Sergey	1987	RUS	22.76		200.00
14	21	2484682	KIRAMO Arttu	1990	FIN	22.40		180.00
15	8	2469168	REIHERD Dmitriy	1989	KAZ	20.74		160.00
16	16	2484106	HICKS Eddie	1988	CAN			150.00
17	22	2484879	THEOCHARIS Sacha	1990	FRA	22.71		140.00
18	33	2471302	WILSON Bryon	1988	USA	22.60		130.00
19	25	2439985	BARMASHOV Dmitriy	1985	KAZ	22.53		120.00
20	35	2440126	HIROSHIMA Keita	1986	JPN	22.12		110.00
21	39	2484881	BEDOUET Albert	1990	FRA	22.00		100.00
22	27	2527469	CHOI Jae-Woo	1994	KOR	21.88		90.00
23	40	2485300	GUMMESSON Adam	1989	SWE	21.60		80.00
24	31	2485011	SERGEEV Vitaly	1988	RUS	21.21		70.00
25	43	2527253	SHIKATA Motoki	1993	JPN	21.07		60.00
26	15	2407573	VOLKOV Andrey	1986	RUS	20.64		50.00
27	41	2484309	SOKOLOV Andrey	1992	KAZ	20.00		45.00
28	36	2526178	YAMAGUCHI Takuya	1991	JPN	19.62		40.00
29	37	2485005	SHIMBUEV Sergei	1992	RUS	18.80		36.00
30	32	2528801	ZHAO Yang	1992	CHN	18.77		32.00
31	46	2527128	KOBAYASHI Tatsuki	1992	JPN	17.55		28.00
32	42	2526124	SEO Myung-joon	1992	KOR	16.94		26.00
33	26	2527908	KIM Ji-Hyon	1995	KOR	16.05		24.00
34	47	2407185	MATIZ Giacomo	1986	ITA	12.81		22.00
35	24	2484758	SLATTEN Vinjar	1990	NOR	10.58		20.00
36	34	2070783	TSUKITA Yugo	1976	JPN	6.58		19.70
37	38	2527627	CAVET Benjamin	1994	GBR	2.46		19.40
38	28	2484486	YOSHIKAWA Sora	1990	JPN	2.23		19.10
39	18	2375563	DIGRAVIO David	1986	USA	2.16		18.80
Did not start
		2482457	SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr	1987	RUS
Did not finish
		2369743	LAFRANCHI Pablo	1986	SUI
		2484861	ENDO Sho	1990	JPN

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