Cook repeats World Cup win in Moscow

By Published On: February 12th, 2011Comments Off on Cook repeats World Cup win in Moscow

American aerialist Emily Cook today (Feb. 12) returned to Moscow, Russia with love.

The 13-year U.S. Ski Team veteran grabbed her second career World Cup win (her first also came in the Russian capitol in 2008) with a 93.06 one-jump score. Her score came in a whopping seven points ahead of second-place finisher, Ukranian jumper Olga Volkova with 85.83 points. China’s Xin Zhang took third with 84.10 points.

“I’m excited for sure, especially with such a challenging day,” said Cook of her win in windy and snowy conditions. “Staying under control was the key. I just had to trust the coaches and follow my plan.”

Saturday’s contest was a little unconventional. The jump, which was constructed of scaffolding near downtown Moscow, was not ideal and a strong headwind compounded to make for very sketchy jumping conditions, forcing both the men and the women to back off on the degree of difficulty. To address safety concerns the finals consisted of a single jump rather than the normal two.

The victory comes at a great time for Cook, who missed out on a World Championship medal at home in Deer Valley last week after leading in qualifying and the first round of jumping. The Belmont, Mass. native now owns six career World Cup podiums.

In what turned out to be a one run final, Cook was the only competitor to attempt a jump with such a high level of difficulty in the first round.

Belorussian Anton Kushnir took the men’s crown with a 119.91 point score. Ukrainian Stanislav Kravchuk took silver with 102,57 points ahead of Chinese Qi Guangpu in third with 102.57.

U.S. Scotty Bahrke led the North American in eighth place with 95.35. Canadian Travis Gerrits led his team in 10th with 93.58.

“It was really windy. There was a terrible headwind,” said Head Coach Todd Ossian about the conditions in Moscow. “Our guys had to do doubles because they couldn’t get enough speed.”

2010 FIS Rookie of the Year Ashley Caldwell (Charleston, SC) crashed in training and rather than risk an injury, opted not to compete. Caldwell did not suffer any injuries in her fall.

World Cup aerials action continues Saturday, Feb. 19, in Minsk, Belarus.

Women’s Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  10  2180102 COOK Emily  1979  USA   93.06    1000.00
 2  3  2406021 VOLKOVA Olga  1986  UKR   85.83    800.00
 3  4  2439777 ZHANG Xin  1985  CHN   84.1    600.00
 4  9  2379055 DIDENKO Nadiya  1986  UKR   82.53    500.00
 5  7  2484528 SCHAERER Tanja  1989  SUI   80.33    450.00
 6  13  2526216 GUERIN Sabrina  1985  CAN   78.43    400.00
 7  15  2485033 HUSKOVA Hanna  1992  BLR   77.14    360.00
 8  16  2526217 LEE Crystal  1988  CAN   75.91    320.00
 9  12  2484885 POLYUK Olga  1987  UKR   73.51    290.00
 10  2  2438807 CHENG Shuang  1987  CHN   71.5    260.00
 11  17  2529016 KONG Fanyu  1993  CHN   64.73    240.00
 12  18  2527930 PEEL Laura  1989  AUS   51.33    0.00
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     2526863 CALDWELL Ashley  1993  USA       

Men’s Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  5  2193294 KUSHNIR Anton  1984  BLR   119.91    1000.00
 2  21  2074178 KRAVCHUK Stanislav  1978  UKR   102.57    800.00
 3  1  2526229 QI Guangpu  1990  CHN   102.57    600.00
 4  2  2527482 JIA Zongyang  1991  CHN   99.4    500.00
 5  3  2330841 ULRICH Renato  1983  SUI   98.34    450.00
 6  26  2527534 BUROV Ilya  1991  RUS   97.29    400.00
 7  6  2472951 ABRAMENKO Oleksandr  1988  UKR   96.05    360.00
 8  13  2398843 BAHRKE Scotty  1985  USA   95.35    320.00
 9  12  2330938 HAECHLER Christian  1983  SUI   94.29    290.00
 10  20  2525948 GERRITS Travis  1991  CAN   93.58    260.00
 11  8  2438904 WU Chao  1987  CHN   93.41    240.00
 12  25  2360140 OSIPAU Denis  1983  BLR   92.7    220.00
 13  17  2343160 FERGUSON Dylan  1988  USA   92.17    200.00
 14  15  2485099 MORRIS David  1984  AUS   91.65    180.00
 15  16  2526057 BELANGER Remi  1987  CAN   91.29    160.00
 16  23  2484953 ANDRE Jean-Christophe  1989  CAN   88.65    150.00
 17  28  2527997 MURAVYEV Sergey  1991  RUS   86.78    140.00
 18  10  2312217 LAMBERT Thomas  1984  SUI   85.89    130.00
 19  30  2526709 TABARA Naoya  1980  JPN   83.16    120.00
 20  11  2306688 ISOZ Andreas  1984  SUI   82.46    110.00
 21  29  2526218 VELLNER Jonathan  1987  CAN   77.12    100.00
 22  14  2192615 ABLAEV Enver  1979  UKR   74.48    90.00
 23  9  2484526 GUSTIK Maxim  1988  BLR   62.97    80.00
 24  27  2485224 DEPETERS Matthew  1987  USA   61.15    0.00
 25  31  2527790 MEDULICH Petr  1991  RUS   58.16    0.00
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     2526134 LYSIANSKYI Sergii  1985  UKR       
     2304166 SHOULDICE Warren  1983  CAN       

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