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The samples in the Sochi Olympic moguls Mikael Kingsbury and Justine Dufour-Lapointe come out winners from the dual moguls race which took place on the night between Saturday and Sunday in the Italian resort & agrave; American Deer Valley, twenty four hours after he had held the race moguls. Often in competitive dual moguls are seeing the results surprise, such as race in Ruka last month that opened this season's World Cup, but on this occasion the majority of the protagonists pi & ugrave; Expected & egrave; managed to get to the bottom. & Nbsp;
Wednesday 14 January 2015 6 minutes reading time
In the women's Canadian twenties Justin Dufour-Lapointe & egrave; managed to win in a final fought on American Hannah Kearney with a score of 19-16. The Kearney had preceded the finish line their own half of a hundredth of a second, but there & ograve; not & egrave; enough to prevent the Canadian twenties to win his first victory of the season. The US, despite the defeat in the final, & egrave; still managed to redeem the twenty-fifth place on the previous day and win valuable points that allow her to stay in the race to try and win the fourth crystal ball of his career.
In the final for the third place the twenties Australian Britteny Cox beat surprise 18-17 for the twenty-eight Swiss Deborah Scanzio going to win his third career podium in the World Cup on the same track where he got his first podium on 02 -02-2012. This for her & egrave; the first podium in dual moguls. The surprise victory of Cox & egrave; dictated by the fact that the Scanzio had ended the run with 33 cents ahead sull''australiana, but obviously the jury did not consider the lines and jumps dell''elvetica enough to get on the podium. The Scanzio, who until last season was competing for the 'Italy, missing out on a podium in the World Cup race in Mont Gabriel, Canada, the 26-01-2008.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; Justine Dufour-Lapointe & egrave; in the lead with 285 points, behind her c '' & egrave; the Kearney with 246 points, while Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, older sister Justine, remaining in third place at 220 points. Chloe had won two second places and a third place in the first three races of the season, but this race is & egrave; ranked only thirty failing to get into the points.
In the men the twenty-two Canadian Mikael Kingsbury got the second win in two days and the third consecutive win in the World Cup, confirming cos & Igrave; the leading candidate to medal 'gold in both the moguls that in dual moguls at the World Championships in Kreischberg. The twenty-one US Dylan Walczyk has lost the final against Kingsbury but & egrave; managed to conquer his best career result in the World Cup. The 'only other time that Walczyk had managed to get on the podium & egrave; 01/17/2013 was the race in which moguls & egrave; held in Lake Placid. In third place & egrave; ranked the nineteen Swiss Marco Tade, who & egrave; managed to win in the final for the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium on the US veteran Patrick Deenen third in moguls the day before. For the young Swiss, bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 2014 in Chiesa in Valmalenco own in dual moguls, this & egrave; the first podium in the World Cup of his career. Before this race, his best result in the maximum circuit World freestyle was a thirteenth place finish in moguls January 15 last year in Lake Placid.
Mikael Kingsbury with this victory has undermined the Chinese Qi Guangpu, absolute ruler of the aerials, from the head of the overall standings of the World Cup and has further strengthened its leadership in the ranking of specialty & agrave; rising to 329 points against the 185 of the pi & ugrave; pursuer Philippe Marquis, who finished fifth in this race.
The next round of the moguls and dual moguls sar & agrave; in a few days the World Championships in Kreischberg: Sunday 18 sar & agrave; the turn of the moguls; the next day you disputer & agrave; the race of the dual moguls. & Nbsp;
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