Wilson wins and McPhie second on moguls in Japan
INAWASHIRO, Japan – Olympian Bradley Wilson of the U.S. Ski Team earned his second career World Cup victory Saturday in a strong return to moguls competition after the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Fellow Olympic team member Heather McPhie took her first podium of the season with second in the women’s event set on the tricky Japanese course.
“What I like about this course is when you show up you have to adapt to everything that happens here. By the time your run comes you just have to figure it out. I didn’t train any top-to-bottoms today, but you just show up and you have to be able to make it happen. I had such a good time with it,” said Wilson. “You just go for it! The course isn’t stock like some of the other ones are during the season. It tests you and your ability to do what you need to do whatever the conditions are.”
Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe took the victory for the women, and her sister Maxime was third. Three other Canadians, Marc-Antoine Gagnon, Mikael Kingsbury, and Alex Bilodeau, filled out the top four in the men’s event. Persistent fog throughout the training period and soft snow added to the difficulty of the infamously intimidating course. The fog lifted Saturday, but the top jump threw off many of the athletes with its steep landing.
Wilson’s first World Cup victory came on this course a year ago. He took Saturday’s win after throwing a back-X on the top air and a cork 720 on the bottom air in his final run.
“The top air here is really tricky,” said McPhie. “It’s got a really steep landing and if you make it about four bumps out of the top air you should be feeling good and you can go for the speed. The bottom of the course is much flatter than the top so it’s helpful to have experience on this course. It was also helpful that the course was super soft, which I am more comfortable with.”
Joe Discoe and Dylan Walczyk finished seventh and eighth after advancing to finals on the difficult course. Eliza Outtrim also advanced to the superfinal round and finished just off the podium in fourth. Sophia Schwartz and Ali Kariotis made it through to the final and finished ninth and 12th, respectively.
Olympic bronze medalist Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) over rotated on the top air and lost a ski for a DNF. Kearney remains second in the World Cup moguls standings. The men and women head back up the hill Sunday to take on dual moguls.
Release courtesy of USSA
LADIES’ RESULTS
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points | ||
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1 | 2 | 2485348 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Justine | 1994 | CAN | 23.41 | 50.00 | |||
2 | 10 | 2364117 | MCPHIE Heather | 1984 | USA | 22.99 | 40.00 | |||
3 | 5 | 2476152 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime | 1989 | CAN | 22.67 | 30.00 | |||
4 | 7 | 2329386 | OUTTRIM Eliza | 1985 | USA | 21.93 | 25.00 | |||
5 | 9 | 2527953 | NAUDE Andi | 1996 | CAN | 21.42 | 22.50 | |||
6 | 14 | 2485108 | HOSHINO Junko | 1989 | JPN | 10.24 | 20.00 | |||
7 | 16 | 2360722 | SCANZIO Deborah | 1986 | ITA | 20.98 | 18.00 | |||
8 | 27 | 2528133 | WESSEL Hedvig | 1995 | NOR | 20.59 | 16.00 | |||
9 | 11 | 2484536 | SCHWARTZ Sophia | 1990 | USA | 20.37 | 14.50 | |||
10 | 20 | 2485346 | HAMEL Christel | 1992 | CAN | 19.80 | 13.00 | |||
11 | 23 | 2485027 | PERTAKHIYA Marika | 1992 | RUS | 19.58 | 12.00 | |||
12 | 17 | 2528114 | KARIOTIS Ali | 1995 | USA | 19.08 | 11.00 | |||
13 | 38 | 2369840 | ITO Azusa | 1985 | JPN | 18.31 | 10.00 | |||
14 | 26 | 2481584 | MURATOVA Elena | 1986 | RUS | 18.06 | 9.00 | |||
15 | 32 | 2329677 | ROBICHAUD Audrey | 1988 | CAN | 16.79 | 8.00 | |||
16 | 37 | 2484827 | IWAMOTO Ako | 1993 | JPN | 10.00 | 7.50 | |||
17 | 28 | 2527317 | ITO Satsuki | 1993 | JPN | 17.21 | 7.00 | |||
18 | 33 | 2529741 | HATADA Moka | 1997 | JPN | 16.21 | 6.50 | |||
19 | 39 | 2527944 | OGIHARA Miyako | 1995 | JPN | 15.95 | 6.00 | |||
20 | 34 | 2528160 | MCCARGO Keaton | 1995 | USA | 15.45 | 5.50 | |||
21 | 31 | 2527135 | ICHIMURA Miki | 1993 | JPN | 14.46 | 5.00 | |||
22 | 3 | 2484720 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe | 1991 | CAN | 9.67 | 0.00 | |||
23 | 30 | 2527003 | SEO Jee-won | 1994 | KOR | 9.43 | 0.00 | |||
Did not start | ||||||||||
2175252 | UEMURA Aiko | 1979 | JPN | |||||||
Did not finish | ||||||||||
2328513 | KEARNEY Hannah | 1986 | USA | |||||||
2530095 | MEILINGER Melanie | 1991 | AUT |
MEN’S RESULTS
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points | ||
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1 | 6 | 2485221 | WILSON Bradley | 1992 | USA | 24.30 | 50.00 | |||
2 | 7 | 2484952 | GAGNON Marc-Antoine | 1991 | CAN | 24.25 | 40.00 | |||
3 | 2 | 2484937 | KINGSBURY Mikael | 1992 | CAN | 23.88 | 30.00 | |||
4 | 1 | 2426100 | BILODEAU Alex | 1987 | CAN | 23.74 | 25.00 | |||
5 | 21 | 2407670 | BENNA Anthony | 1987 | FRA | 23.18 | 22.50 | |||
6 | 15 | 2484735 | POULIOT-CAVANAGH Simon | 1990 | CAN | 23.08 | 20.00 | |||
7 | 13 | 2471011 | DISCOE Joseph | 1987 | USA | 23.57 | 18.00 | |||
8 | 23 | 2527085 | WALCZYK Dylan | 1993 | USA | 23.55 | 16.00 | |||
9 | 12 | 2484730 | MARQUIS Philippe | 1989 | CAN | 23.36 | 14.50 | |||
10 | 40 | 2484893 | GAGNE Pascal-olivier | 1989 | CAN | 22.59 | 13.00 | |||
11 | 32 | 2527798 | PAVLENKO Aleksey | 1995 | RUS | 22.13 | 12.00 | |||
12 | 37 | 2482554 | VOLKOV Sergey | 1987 | RUS | 22.09 | 11.00 | |||
13 | 33 | 2484486 | YOSHIKAWA Sora | 1990 | JPN | 21.80 | 10.00 | |||
14 | 25 | 2527469 | CHOI Jae-woo | 1994 | KOR | 21.73 | 9.00 | |||
15 | 45 | 2526411 | TANAKA Rikuya | 1992 | JPN | 20.91 | 8.00 | |||
16 | 28 | 2407185 | MATIZ Giacomo | 1986 | ITA | 20.78 | 7.50 | |||
17 | 34 | 2527128 | KOBAYASHI Tatsuki | 1992 | JPN | 20.11 | 7.00 | |||
18 | 20 | 2484106 | HICKS Eddie | 1988 | CAN | 19.89 | 6.50 | |||
19 | 36 | 2527253 | SHIKATA Motoki | 1993 | JPN | 19.73 | 6.00 | |||
20 | 17 | 2527778 | MURPHY Troy | 1992 | USA | 18.78 | 5.50 | |||
21 | 35 | 2530514 | CAVET Benjamin | 1994 | FRA | 18.05 | 5.00 | |||
22 | 22 | 2484727 | COTA Jeremy | 1988 | USA | 17.64 | 4.50 | |||
23 | 44 | 2526124 | SEO Myung-joon | 1992 | KOR | 17.49 | 4.00 | |||
24 | 3 | 2382838 | DENEEN Patrick | 1987 | USA | 14.64 | 3.50 | |||
25 | 26 | 2530513 | BARADARAN Darius | 1994 | IRA | 14.56 | 3.00 | |||
26 | 38 | 2484758 | SLATTEN Vinjar | 1990 | NOR | 14.29 | 2.50 | |||
27 | 5 | 2482457 | SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr | 1987 | RUS | 13.18 | 2.25 | |||
28 | 39 | 2529645 | HORISHIMA Ikuma | 1997 | JPN | 13.13 | 2.00 | |||
29 | 43 | 2406506 | SPETT Per | 1985 | SWE | 12.51 | 1.80 | |||
30 | 31 | 2528069 | SUGIMOTO Kosuke | 1994 | JPN | 10.40 | 1.60 | |||
31 | 42 | 2526257 | SUZUKI Kenta | 1990 | JPN | 10.32 | 0.00 | |||
32 | 16 | 2397776 | NISHI Nobuyuki | 1985 | JPN | 4.68 | 0.00 | |||
33 | 29 | 2527908 | KIM Ji-hyon | 1995 | KOR | 1.92 | 0.00 | |||
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2528117 | FJALLSTROM Ludvig | 1993 | SWE | |||||||
2484861 | ENDO Sho | 1990 | JPN | |||||||
2526178 | YAMAGUCHI Takuya | 1991 | JPN | |||||||
2471302 | WILSON Bryon | 1988 | USA | |||||||
2527554 | TADE Marco | 1995 | SUI |