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Moguls: Kearney wins in Are; Bahrke, Deneen podium

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Though she took last week off following her Olympic victory, American moguls skier Hannah Kearney showed no signs of rust as she won her third World Cup contest of the season today (March 12) in Are, Sweden. It was a good day for the U.S. as two-time Olympic medalist Shannon Bahrke (third) and defending world champion Patrick Deneen (second) also landed on the podium.  

The women’s podium was an exact replica of the Olympic medals stand a month ago, with Kearney and Bahrke in first and third, sandwiching Canadian Jennifer Heil in second. Kearney also won on the same hill last season.

"I was in first place after qualifying, but Jen Heil had a much better second run. She stayed in first place as my other teammates, Heather and Shannon, went down," said Kearney who was the last competitor down the course.  "I knew I needed to ski a good run, a similar situation to the Olympics."

North American women felt right at home in Europe today, filling the top eight spots. Americans Heather McPhie, Laurel Shanley and Eliza Outtrim finished 4,6,7. It was Shanley’s best result in five years since finishing fifth in Voss, Norway in 2005 and Outtrim’s season high. Canadian sisters Chloe and Maxime Dufou-Lapointe took fifth and eighth, respectively while teammate Kristi Richards took the final top-ten spot.

Bahrke, who has announced she will retire after this season, is ending her 12-year career on the U.S. Ski Team with a bang. The 29-year-old Olympic silver (2002) and bronze (2010) medalist has podiumed in five of her last six competitions.

With two contests remaining on the World Cup calendar, Heil controls the World Cup overall standings with 665 points to second-ranked McPhie’s 516. Kearney, the defending champion, stands third with 466 points after some mid-season low results knocked her off course.

Sweden’s Jesper Bjoernlund won the men’s event in front of the home crowd for his third career World Cup victory (all coming this season).

With his second-place finish, Dennen marked a career high on the World Cup. Though he won last year’s World Championships, the 22-year-old, Cle Elum, Wash. Native had never finished better than third in a World Cup competition until today.

Canadian Maxime Gingras finished third to claim his third career World Cup podium (all third-place finishes). Teammates Cedric Rochon was just off the podium in fourth place (a career high) while Vincent Marquis took seventh.

American men packed the bottom of the top 15 as Jeremy Cota, Michael Morse, David DeGravio and Joe Discoe finished 11,12,13,14. Vancouver Games bronze medalist Bryon Wilson finished 25th.

"Patrick skied a fast, aggressive run for his first podium of the year," said U.S. Ski Team Moguls Coach Todd Schirman."We are very proud of the U.S. Team today having 11 athletes in the finals."

World Cup overall leader and Vancouver Games silver medalist, Australian Dale Begg-Smith had his worst result of the season in eighth place.

Begg-Smith leads in the overall standings with 587 points, 75 points ahead of Bjoernlund in second. French skier Guilbaut Colas (fifth today) stands third with 415 points. Wilson and Morse stand in fourth and fifth with 246 and 238 points, respectively.

World Cup competition continues in Are tomorrow with men’s and women’s dual moguls competitions.

Photo of men's podium by

Daniel Rönnbäck

Kearney photo by USSA

Women’s Results

 1  5  2328513 KEARNEY Hannah  1986  USA   26.06    1000.00
 2  1  2275744 HEIL Jennifer  1983  CAN   25.31    800.00
 3  4  2175543 BAHRKE Shannon  1980  USA   25.00    600.00
 4  2  2364117 MCPHIE Heather  1984  USA   24.22    500.00
 5  9  2484720 DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe  1991  CAN   24.01    450.00
 6  20  2295436 SHANLEY Laurel  1983  USA   23.52    400.00
 7  17  2329386 OUTTRIM Eliza  1985  USA   23.39    360.00
 8  16  2476152 DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime  1989  CAN   23.35    320.00
 9  7  2197853 MARBLER Margarita  1975  AUT   23.16    290.00
 10  6  2304360 RICHARDS Kristi  1981  CAN   22.49    260.00
 11  23  2484830 MURATA Arisa  1990  JPN   21.94    240.00
 12  13  2360722 SCANZIO Deborah  1986  ITA   21.90    220.00
 13  28  2485203 KLOSER Heidi  1992  USA   21.83    200.00
 14  19  2485019 RAKHIMOVA Regina  1985  RUS   21.79    180.00
 15  29  2484925 BILODEAU Beatrice  1993  CAN   10.63    160.00
 16  14  2329677 ROBICHAUD Audrey  1988  CAN   0.00    150.00
 17  33  2485294 KOYANDER Ellie  1991  GBR   17.43    140.00
 18  31  2441135 TURNBULL Karinya  1983  AUS   17.28    130.00
 19  32  2525878 CARLQVIST Veronica  1990  SWE   15.86    120.00
 20  30  2526481 LANSBURGH Sofia  1991  SWE   15.55    110.00
 21  12  2481681 STOLYAROVA Ekaterina  1988  RUS   11.43    100.00
 22  26  2485299 SCHRIWER Martina  1988  SWE   11.32    90.00
 23  34  2526316 NILSSON Julia  1990  SWE   9.97    80.00
 24  35  2528046 ZHANG Tingting  1991  CHN   6.51    0.00
 25  27  2527561 LI Nan  1992  CHN   0.98    0.00

Men's Results

 1  2  2406797 BJOERNLUND Jesper  1985  SWE   25.91    1000.00
 2  14  2382838 DENEEN Patrick  1987  USA   25.72    800.00
 3  10  2371877 GINGRAS Maxime  1984  CAN   25.57    600.00
 4  41  2484677 ROCHON Cedric  1990  CAN   25.39    500.00
 5  3  2337049 COLAS Guilbaut  1983  FRA   25.38    450.00
 6  30  2082714 RONKAINEN Mikko  1978  FIN   24.57    400.00
 7  9  2361498 MARQUIS Vincent  1984  CAN   24.50    360.00
 8  1  2271961 BEGG-SMITH Dale  1985  AUS   24.17    320.00
 9  47  2354320 LAHTELA Juuso  1985  FIN   24.03    290.00
 10  46  2278169 LUUSUA Tapio  1981  FIN   23.86    260.00
 11  18  2484727 COTA Jeremy  1988  USA   23.79    240.00
 12  6  2270312 MORSE Michael  1981  USA   23.73    220.00
 13  45  2375563 DIGRAVIO David  1986  USA   23.73    200.00
 14  39  2471011 DISCOE Joseph  1987  USA   23.58    180.00
 15  32  2484937 KINGSBURY Mikael  1992  CAN   21.91    160.00
 16  23  2354223 OCHS Pierre  1984  FRA   13.70    150.00
 17  22  2484682 KIRAMO Arttu  1990  FIN   22.54    140.00
 18  40  2528117 FJALLSTROM Ludvig  1993  SWE   22.48    130.00
 19  34  2526132 MIETTUNEN Ville  1992  FIN   22.37    120.00
 20  28  2413781 BURILLE Arnaud  1988  FRA   22.33    110.00
 21  13  2484730 MARQUIS Philippe  1989  CAN   22.24    100.00
 22  48  2407185 MATIZ Giacomo  1986  ITA   22.09    90.00
 23  24  2296600 BABIC David  1979  USA   21.87    80.00
 24  38  2485300 GUMMESSON Adam  1989  SWE   21.78    70.00
 25  5  2471302 WILSON Bryon  1988  USA   21.66    60.00
 26  31  2430271 KYLLOENEN Harri  1988  FIN   21.40    50.00
 27  19  2406506 SPETT Per  1985  SWE   21.35    45.00
 28  44  2527360 PENTTALA Jussi  1993  FIN   20.78    40.00
 29  53  2528119 ERIKSSON Emil  1993  SWE   20.57    36.00
 30  52  2312411 DAUNFELDT Olle  1983  SWE   20.04    32.00
 31  27  2526686 SVENSSON Ricky  1992  SWE   19.36    28.00
 32  33  2525877 KIKAJON Erik  1990  SWE   18.98    26.00
 33  26  2526313 FRETHEIM Ole  1992  NOR   18.82    24.00
 34  29  2526312 ANDERSEN Tevje-Lie  1991  NOR   18.26    22.00
 35  42  2369743 LAFRANCHI Pablo  1986  SUI   18.11    20.00
 36  50  2528118 SATERBERG Fredrik  1994  SWE   12.82    19.70
 37  49  2396903 ANTONAKAKIS Tryfonas  1983  GRE   11.56    19.40
 38  8  2482457 SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr  1987  RUS   8.79    0.00
 39  51  2526489 VILLMAN Kim  1990  SWE   8.40    0.00
 40  35  2484861 ENDO Sho  1990  JPN   8.04    0.00
 41  25  2407573 VOLKOV Andrey  1986  RUS   0.00    0.00
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     2183982 ROUSSEAU Pierre-Alexandre  1979  CAN       
     2525892 LEMME Knut  1990  NOR       
     2369161 DOLGODVOROV Denis  1982  RUS       
     2407670 BENNA Anthony  1987  FRA       
     2426100 BILODEAU Alexandre  1987  CAN     

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