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Americans Kearney, Deneen win World Cup moguls opener

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American moguls skiers Hannah Kearney and Patrick Deneen won the first World Cup Moguls competitions of the season today (Dec. 11) in Ruka, Finland.

Kearney, the defending Olympic gold medalist, edged her longtime rival Jennifer Heil of Canada (Olympic silver medlaist) by 0.07 points. Fellow Canadian Kristi Richards finished third ahead of American Eliza Outtrim in fourth place. The win marked Kearney’s 11th career World Cup victory. 

"I was focused on my trick through the midsection," said Kearney, who performed a heli mute grab for the firs time in competition. "I was a little off balance on the second jump." She pulled in the landing and finished with the fastest time and highest turn score to just edge out Canadian Jennifer Heil.

"The course was nice, difficult with deep tight moguls. It required perfect balance and was very skilful," said Kearney, adding, "Today was my mom’s birthday and I really wanted to win for her."

It was a great day for the North American women as Canadians Justine DuFour-LaPointe and Audrey Robichaud finished 5-6 and U.S. skiers Heidi Kloser and Heather McPhie landed in the top 15 with 10th and 13th-place finishes, respectively.

On the men’s side, Deneen, a seven-time World Cup podium finisher and defending World Champion, grabbed his first World Cup win. Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury finished second for his first World Cup podium ahead of Frenchman Guilbaut Cola in third.

"Patrick did a great job," said U.S. moguls head coach Scott Rawles. "He has retooled his jump package which allows him to be even faster, which has always been a strength of his."

Deneen’s new jumps are an off-axis 720 on the first hit and a crossed back flip on the second jump.

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  3  2328513 KEARNEY Hannah  1986  USA   24.09    1000.00
 2  1  2275744 HEIL Jennifer  1983  CAN   24.02    800.00
 3  6  2304360 RICHARDS Kristi  1981  CAN   23.52    600.00
 4  9  2329386 OUTTRIM Eliza  1985  USA   22.97    500.00
 5  30  2485348 DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Justine  1994  CAN   22.76    450.00
 6  13  2329677 ROBICHAUD Audrey  1988  CAN   22.74    400.00
 7  23  2484307 GALYSHEVA Yulia  1992  KAZ   22.68    360.00
 8  16  2476152 DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime  1989  CAN   22.56    320.00
 9  18  2485019 RAKHIMOVA Regina  1985  RUS   22.53    290.00
 10  22  2485203 KLOSER Heidi  1992  USA   22.39    260.00
 11  15  2481681 STOLYAROVA Ekaterina  1988  RUS   22.30    240.00
 12  10  2360722 SCANZIO Deborah  1986  ITA   22.11    220.00
 13  2  2364117 MCPHIE Heather  1984  USA   22.10    200.00
 14  12  2267596 SUDOVA Nikola  1982  CZE   21.47    180.00
 15  43  2379346 HENITIUK Chelsea  1987  CAN   21.22    160.00
 16  19  2397097 ITO Miki  1987  JPN   20.97    150.00
 17  25  2439983 RODIONOVA Yuliya  1990  KAZ   19.79    140.00
 18  20  2484830 MURATA Arisa  1990  JPN   19.65    130.00
 19  33  2526325 GUNCHENKO Anastassia  1991  RUS   19.53    120.00
 20  31  2526326 GRASEMANN Laura  1992  GER   19.14    110.00
 21  40  2485027 PERTAKHIYA Marika  1992  RUS   19.04    100.00
 22  41  2034796 SATOYA Tae  1976  JPN   18.77    90.00
 23  27  2527797 IVANOVA Svetlana  1995  RUS   18.69    80.00
 24  17  2295436 SHANLEY Laurel  1983  USA   18.12    70.00
 25  35  2485020 PISAREVSKAYA Irina  1990  RUS   17.64    60.00
 26  24  2484304 RYBALOVA Darya  1988  KAZ   17.64    50.00
 27  42  2526184 VACULIKOVA Tereza  1992  CZE   17.55    45.00
 28  44  2339668 FOERSTER Katharina  1988  GER   17.08    40.00
 29  32  2485294 KOYANDER Ellie  1991  GBR   16.86    36.00
 30  28  2485299 SCHRIWER Martina  1988  SWE   16.69    32.00
 31  37  2527561 LI Nan  1992  CHN   16.54    28.00
 32  39  2525878 CARLQVIST Veronica  1990  SWE   15.50    26.00
 33  38  2527560 NING Qin  1992  CHN   15.41    24.00
 34  29  2527012 GOBBI Samanta  1991  SUI   15.00    22.00
 35  36  2485108 HOSHINO Junko  1989  JPN   13.14    0.00
 36  26  2419989 KAFFKA Marina  1987  GER   7.45    0.00
 37  34  2528803 GAO Dongxue  1992  CHN   2.14    0.00

Rank

 Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  7  2382838 DENEEN Patrick  1987  USA   25.23    1000.00
 2  22  2484937 KINGSBURY Mikael  1992  CAN   24.89    800.00
 3  2  2337049 COLAS Guilbaut  1983  FRA   24.78    600.00
 4  11  2469168 REIHERD Dmitriy  1989  KAZ   24.61    500.00
 5  16  2484677 ROCHON Cedric  1990  CAN   23.99    450.00
 6  1  2271961 BEGG-SMITH Dale  1985  AUS   23.81    400.00
 7  4  2426100 BILODEAU Alexandre  1987  CAN   23.55    360.00
 8  8  2482457 SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr  1987  RUS   23.53    320.00
 9  21  2484682 KIRAMO Arttu  1990  FIN   23.53    290.00
 10  24  2183982 ROUSSEAU Pierre-Alexandre  1979  CAN   23.31    260.00
 11  34  2482554 VOLKOV Sergey  1987  RUS   23.22    240.00
 12  17  2397776 NISHI Nobuyuki  1985  JPN   23.08    220.00
 13  45  2484106 HICKS Eddie  1988  CAN   22.70    200.00
 14  14  2484727 COTA Jeremy  1988  USA   22.68    180.00
 15  13  2369161 DOLGODVOROV Denis  1982  RUS   22.52    160.00
 16  59  2484861 ENDO Sho  1990  JPN   22.08    150.00
 17  19  2406506 SPETT Per  1985  SWE   22.35    140.00
 18  3  2406797 BJOERNLUND Jesper  1985  SWE   22.34    130.00
 19  5  2471302 WILSON Bryon  1988  USA   22.27    120.00
 20  18  2407670 BENNA Anthony  1987  FRA   22.22    110.00
 21  54  2485300 GUMMESSON Adam  1989  SWE   22.16    100.00
 22  29  2375563 DIGRAVIO David  1986  USA   22.02    90.00
 23  55  2070783 TSUKITA Yugo  1976  JPN   22.02    80.00
 24  50  2471108 DISCOE Jimmy  1989  USA   21.86    70.00
 25  37  2374205 VALINTEEV Artem  1983  RUS   21.46    60.00
 26  38  2471011 DISCOE Joseph  1987  USA   21.41    50.00
 27  61  2484758 SLATTEN Vinjar  1990  NOR   21.41    45.00
 28  30  2417855 KASHIMA Sho  1986  USA   21.23    40.00
 29  28  2528118 SATERBERG Fredrik  1994  SWE   21.12    36.00
 30  15  2484730 MARQUIS Philippe  1989  CAN   20.84    32.00
 31  42  2385166 UENO Osamu  1983  JPN   20.69    28.00
 32  39  2526312 ANDERSEN Tevje-Lie  1991  NOR   20.63    26.00
 33  43  2354320 LAHTELA Juuso  1985  FIN   20.31    24.00
 34  44  2484309 SOKOLOV Andrey  1992  KAZ   20.30    22.00
 35  27  2526132 MIETTUNEN Ville  1992  FIN   20.28    20.00
 36  35  2407185 MATIZ Giacomo  1986  ITA   20.21    19.70
 37  51  2527360 PENTTALA Jussi  1993  FIN   20.06    19.40
 38  62  2369743 LAFRANCHI Pablo  1986  SUI   19.86    19.10
 39  49  2484832 OTOMO Tetsuya  1988  JPN   19.75    18.80
 40  31  2485005 SHIMBUEV Sergei  1992  RUS   19.71    18.50
 41  58  2484308 MOISEYEV Denis  1988  KAZ   19.23    18.20
 42  48  2526313 FRETHEIM Ole  1992  NOR   19.14    17.90
 43  46  2340929 NOVAK Vaclav  1987  CZE   19.13    17.60
 44  36  3000165 HILPERT Lorenz  1985  SUI   18.36    0.00
 45  32  2525892 LEMME Knut  1990  NOR   17.03    0.00
 46  47  2528117 FJALLSTROM Ludvig  1993  SWE   16.89    0.00
 47  52  2485172 SCHWARZ Marvin  1991  GER   10.96    0.00
Did not start
     2526489 WILLMAN Kim  1990  SWE       
Did not finish
     2485004 PANFILOV Ivan  1989  RUS       
     2407379 VACULIK Lukas  1986  CZE       
     2439985 BARMASHOV Dmitriy  1985  KAZ       

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