Moguls: Kearney, Kingsbury are unstoppable at Deer Valley
The perfect World Cup seasons of North Americans Hannah Kearney of the U.S. and Mikeal Kingsbury of Canada continued today (Feb. 2) in Deer Valley, Utah.
The moguls skiers opened the World Cup weekend here, home of the moguls and aerials events at the 2002 Olympics, under the lights and in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 cheering fans.
Kearney further established her dominance of the World Cup with her 13th consecutive victory, a streak that stretches back to last season. Kearney hauled in a top score of 25.21 points with the fastest time, beating teammate Heather McPhie in second place with 24.77 points. Australian Brittney Cox earned her first career podium in third place with 22.84 points.
Today’s return trip to Deer Valley was marked on Kearney’s calendar since she finished second on the same course in last season’s World Championships.
“It felt good to win on the course that I got beat by Jenn Heil on last year,” said Kearney. “I spoke the word redemption yesterday. It was a disappointing tiny mistake last year and this year with the super final format there was still a tiny mistake but everyone is a little more exhausted in the four-run format so the runs aren’t as clean.”
The result marked McPhie’s second podium of the season and was made more special by the fact that she lead the way heading into the super final. It was the first time Kearney was not in the lead at any point during a World Cup competition this season.
“I’m just having so much fun pushing the sport, just doing that D-spin every single run, getting experience all the time and knocking on the door to beat Hannah one of these days soon,” said McPhie, whose D-spin on the bottom air earned the highest degree of difficulty in the women’s competition. “It’s the first time [Hannah] hasn’t been in first for any single run so I’m stoked.”
American Heidi Kloser marked her career best finish in fourth after reaching the super final but skied off course near the top of the run and finished with 14.94 points.
Kingsbury hauled in his sixth consecutive World Cup win with a leading score of 25.90 points. Canadian teammate and 2010 Olympic gold medalist, Alexandre Bilodeau was 0.30 points behind in second place. Norway’s Vinjar Slatten rounded out the podium in third place with 25.05 points. American Patrick Deneen reached the final-four super final but fell short of the podium in fourth place with 23.82 points.
World Cup competition in Deer Valley continues tomorrow night with men’s and women’s aerials competitions.
Image by Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski Team
Women’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 2328513 | KEARNEY Hannah | 1986 | USA | 25.21 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2364117 | MCPHIE Heather | 1984 | USA | 24.77 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 21 | 2484416 | COX Britteny | 1994 | AUS | 22.84 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 13 | 2485203 | KLOSER Heidi | 1992 | USA | 14.94 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 8 | 2484720 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe | 1991 | CAN | 23.42 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 14 | 2397097 | ITO Miki | 1987 | JPN | 23.12 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 16 | 2329677 | ROBICHAUD Audrey | 1988 | CAN | 23.03 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 10 | 2379346 | HENITIUK Chelsea | 1987 | CAN | 22.95 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 3 | 2267596 | SUDOVA Nikola | 1982 | CZE | 22.81 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 12 | 2485213 | LOWEREE Brittany | 1990 | USA | 22.16 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 24 | 2175252 | UEMURA Aiko | 1979 | JPN | 21.87 | 240.00 | |
| 12 | 17 | 2485027 | PERTAKHIYA Marika | 1992 | RUS | 21.31 | 220.00 | |
| 13 | 22 | 2440553 | PARKS Nicole | 1992 | AUS | 21.03 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 9 | 2476152 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime | 1989 | CAN | 20.55 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 7 | 2438419 | OAKLEY K C | 1988 | USA | 15.15 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 5 | 2329386 | OUTTRIM Eliza | 1985 | USA | 9.79 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 15 | 2485019 | RAKHIMOVA Regina | 1985 | RUS | 20.51 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 6 | 2481681 | STOLYAROVA Ekaterina | 1988 | RUS | 20.32 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 36 | 2484304 | RYBALOVA Darya | 1988 | KAZ | 20.31 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 28 | 2484722 | DIGRAVIO Alison | 1991 | USA | 19.35 | 110.00 | |
| 21 | 33 | 2528114 | KARIOTIS Ali | 1995 | USA | 19.16 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | 19 | 2485108 | HOSHINO Junko | 1989 | JPN | 19.12 | 90.00 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2485348 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Justine | 1994 | CAN | 19.05 | 80.00 | |
| 24 | 29 | 2527272 | ONEILL Taylah | 1994 | AUS | 19.04 | 70.00 | |
| 25 | 23 | 2528133 | WESSEL Hedvig | 1995 | NOR | 18.63 | 60.00 | |
| 26 | 11 | 2484307 | GALYSHEVA Yulia | 1992 | KAZ | 18.34 | 50.00 | |
| 27 | 30 | 2034796 | SATOYA Tae | 1976 | JPN | 18.30 | 45.00 | |
| 28 | 20 | 2484830 | MURATA Arisa | 1990 | JPN | 17.60 | 40.00 | |
| 29 | 31 | 2525878 | CARLQVIST Veronica | 1990 | SWE | 17.05 | 36.00 | |
| 30 | 37 | 2526316 | NILSSON Julia | 1990 | SWE | 16.32 | 32.00 | |
| 31 | 34 | 2485294 | KOYANDER Ellie | 1991 | GBR | 12.73 | 28.00 | |
| 32 | 27 | 2485204 | MATTHEWS Mikaela | 1991 | USA | 12.44 | 26.00 | |
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| 2420086 | SIMAKINA Kamilia | 1984 | RUS | |||||
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Men’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 2484937 | KINGSBURY Mikael | 1992 | CAN | 25.90 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 24 | 2426100 | BILODEAU Alexandre | 1987 | CAN | 25.60 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 48 | 2484758 | SLATTEN Vinjar | 1990 | NOR | 25.05 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2382838 | DENEEN Patrick | 1987 | USA | 23.82 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 7 | 2484952 | GAGNON Marc-Antoine | 1991 | CAN | 24.38 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 17 | 2375563 | DIGRAVIO David | 1986 | USA | 24.07 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 9 | 2484861 | ENDO Sho | 1990 | JPN | 23.56 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 12 | 2469168 | REIHERD Dmitriy | 1989 | KAZ | 23.44 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 13 | 2484677 | ROCHON Cedric | 1990 | CAN | 23.44 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 11 | 2482554 | VOLKOV Sergey | 1987 | RUS | 23.22 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 8 | 2484730 | MARQUIS Philippe | 1989 | CAN | 23.20 | 240.00 | |
| 12 | 33 | 2297279 | ROBERTS Nathan | 1982 | USA | 22.98 | 220.00 | |
| 13 | 18 | 2407573 | VOLKOV Andrey | 1986 | RUS | 22.89 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 14 | 2482457 | SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr | 1987 | RUS | 22.80 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 15 | 2406506 | SPETT Per | 1985 | SWE | 12.31 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2484727 | COTA Jeremy | 1988 | USA | 150.00 | ||
| 17 | 4 | 2407670 | BENNA Anthony | 1987 | FRA | 22.9 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 16 | 2484106 | HICKS Eddie | 1988 | CAN | 22.88 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 42 | 2527071 | DYER Ryan | 1991 | USA | 22.53 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 37 | 2385166 | UENO Osamu | 1983 | JPN | 21.97 | 110.00 | |
| 21 | 10 | 2485221 | WILSON Bradley | 1992 | USA | 21.80 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | 44 | 2527627 | CAVET Benjamin | 1994 | GBR | 21.65 | 90.00 | |
| 23 | 23 | 2484879 | THEOCHARIS Sacha | 1990 | FRA | 21.58 | 80.00 | |
| 24 | 26 | 2485011 | SERGEEV Vitaly | 1988 | RUS | 21.4 | 70.00 | |
| 25 | 27 | 2439985 | BARMASHOV Dmitriy | 1985 | KAZ | 21.37 | 60.00 | |
| 26 | 36 | 2526312 | ANDERSEN Tevje Lie | 1991 | NOR | 21.35 | 50.00 | |
| 27 | 50 | 2528118 | SATERBERG Fredrik | 1994 | SWE | 21.33 | 45.00 | |
| 28 | 29 | 2527360 | PENTTALA Jussi | 1993 | FIN | 21.26 | 40.00 | |
| 29 | 28 | 2440126 | HIROSHIMA Keita | 1986 | JPN | 21.23 | 36.00 | |
| 30 | 47 | 2397776 | NISHI Nobuyuki | 1985 | JPN | 21.09 | 32.00 | |
| 31 | 30 | 2458304 | GARDNER Landon | 1985 | USA | 21.00 | 28.00 | |
| 32 | 19 | 2484682 | KIRAMO Arttu | 1990 | FIN | 21.0 | 26.00 | |
| 33 | 46 | 2484997 | YUDIN Dmitry | 1990 | RUS | 20.88 | 24.00 | |
| 34 | 25 | 2485005 | SHIMBUEV Sergei | 1992 | RUS | 20.72 | 22.00 | |
| 35 | 56 | 2372653 | CORDEAU Shane | 1986 | USA | 20.04 | 20.00 | |
| 36 | 54 | 2484881 | BEDOUET Albert | 1990 | FRA | 19.62 | 19.70 | |
| 37 | 52 | 2527253 | SHIKATA Motoki | 1993 | JPN | 19.05 | 19.40 | |
| 38 | 51 | 2369743 | LAFRANCHI Pablo | 1986 | SUI | 18.63 | 19.10 | |
| 39 | 43 | 2528119 | ERIKSSON Emil | 1993 | SWE | 17.44 | 18.80 | |
| 40 | 55 | 2527128 | KOBAYASHI Tatsuki | 1992 | JPN | 12.80 | 18.50 | |
| 41 | 21 | 2183982 | ROUSSEAU Pierre-Alexandre | 1979 | CAN | 10.28 | 18.20 | |
| 42 | 39 | 2485300 | GUMMESSON Adam | 1989 | SWE | 8.83 | 17.90 | |
| 43 | 41 | 2407185 | MATIZ Giacomo | 1986 | ITA | 8.63 | 17.60 | |
| 44 | 38 | 2441426 | GRAHAM Matt | 1994 | AUS | 8.16 | 17.30 | |
| 45 | 45 | 2484309 | SOKOLOV Andrey | 1992 | KAZ | 7.2 | 17.00 | |
| 46 | 20 | 2526132 | MIETTUNEN Ville | 1992 | FIN | 5.14 | 16.70 | |
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| 2471011 | DISCOE Joseph | 1987 | USA | |||||
| 2527778 | MURPHY Troy | 1992 | USA | |||||
| 2528117 | FJALLSTROM Ludvig | 1993 | SWE | |||||
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