A day after securing the magnates period title with a gold-medal win, Canadian freestyle skier Mika ël Kingsbury included a 2nd Crystal Globe prize by winning a twin magnates occasion on Saturday in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The gold-medal win finished up the general title for the Deux–Montagnes, Que., indigenous, that currently has 28 Crystal Globe wins in his occupation.
Kingsbury is well placed to gain a 29th as he leads the double magnates standings with one occasion staying. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima is the following closest professional athlete and tracks Kingsbury by 84 factors.
“[I’m] very happy that I got the singles and the overall title, as well as a good lead over Ikuma [in dual moguls],” Kingsbury stated after the occasion. “It’s looking good.”
Saturday’s double magnates win significant Kingsbury’s 98th occupation World Cup gold-medal success.
The Canadian currently has 11 medals (8 golds, 3 silvers) throughout 14 World Cup occasions this period.
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After winning the the magnates competitors on Friday, Mika ël Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., won the double magnates occasion on Saturday, at the FIS World Cup drop in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
American mogulist Jaelin Kauf won gold in the ladies’s occasion, while Rina Yanagimoto of Japan took silver, and Kazakhstan’s Anastassiya Gordoko declared bronze.
The last occasion of the World Cup magnates period takes place in Livigno, Italy, starting on Tuesday, March 11.
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