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& Egrave; It started with a bang over the weekend the World Cup 2015-2016 regarding the moguls. Mikael Kingsbury has indeed won his twenty-ninth successful career in the greatest world circuit, winning the race in dual moguls in Ruka, Finland, which opened the season, and has so & Igrave; passed the French Edgar Grospiron becoming the 'athlete with the most successful in history. & nbsp;
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The Canadian boy, who is only 23, & egrave; the winner of the last four crystal balls in addition to being the world champion in dual moguls, and seems to be destined to dominate the discipline for many years. C '' & egrave; can only hope that does not follow the 'example of compatriot Alexander Bilodeau, who has decided to retire at the end of the 2013-2014 season at the age of 26 and a half, because & eacute; such a champion, who last year won seven of the nine races of the World Cup played, & egrave; a character essential to the moguls, freestyle, winter sports and sports in general.
Second place and best career result for transalpine Benjamin Cavet, which cos & Igrave; He captured his second podium in the World Cup after the third-place finish in La Plagne on 03/21/2014.
Those who & egrave; He managed to qualify for the first time among the top three in a race of the highest world circuit of discipline & egrave; was the Japanese Ikuma Horishima, 18 years old the day before the race, that & egrave; He managed to win the third place beating in the final for the third and fourth in the Canadian Philippe Marquis, who won the 'Last Year at Ruka. The 'Japanese athlete, before this race, had his best result in the circuit recorded in the thirteenth race of the moguls Voss 03/15/2014.
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In the women, in the first race after the withdrawal of Hanna Kearney took place at the end of last season all''et & agrave; of 29 years, c '' & egrave; It was a surprise ending between two athletes who had never won the World Cup. Victory & egrave; He went to the US Mikaela Matthews, in his second career podium, ahead of the Russian Regina Rakhimova. For the twenty six year old native of this Chusovoy & egrave; It was the first podium in the circuit to the 64th race she played. Third place went to the Canadian Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, who beat in the final for the Norwegian Hedvig Wessel. Only the eleventh twenty-Justine Dufour-Lapointe (younger sister of Chloe), silver at the World Cup in dual moguls and reigning Olympic and world champion in moguls, that in the last four seasons & egrave; always placed second in the ranking of specialty & agrave; Behind Kearney.
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The next round of the World Cup with the moguls will & agrave; January 15 in Lake Placid. This weekend, however, the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup to & agrave; stop in San Candido, Italy, with two races in ski cross, and Beijing, China, for the 'opening season of aerials.
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