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The American Hannah Kearney and Canadian Mikael Kingsbury won the medal 'gold in dual moguls at the World Championships of Freestyle and Snowboard 2015 in the resort & agrave; Austrian Kreischberg. The two cos & Igrave; redeemed after the second place the previous day in the race moguls.
Thursday 22 January 2015 7 minutes reading time
In the women's twenty-eight Kearney & egrave; managed to win his first world title in dual moguls after being three times the bronze in the last three editions of the World Championships. The US defeated in the final 'other favored to medal' gold, the Canadian twenties Jusitne Dufour-Lapointe, gi & agrave; graduated world champion in moguls the day before just in front of Kearney. The final between the two smiled to the US after the Canadian was over off-line in the long middle section of humps which is located between the first and second jump while forced to close the gap accused by rival in the first part of the track. The two athletes in North America have cos & Igrave; respected the odds that they saw them as the protagonists pi & ugrave; expectations in both the moguls race is that of dual moguls winning a medal 'gold and one of' silver each.
The Kearney, who has gi & agrave; announced his retirement at the end of the season, cos & Igrave; concluded the 'last World Championship of his career by winning the' only title that was missing: that of world champion in dual moguls. The US has so & Igrave; brought his palmares in the World Championships to a medal 'gold and three bronze medals in dual moguls, and two medals' gold and two of' silver in moguls, for a total of eight medals, becoming cos & Igrave; the 'athlete pi & ugrave; medalist in the history of the World Championships of Freestyle.
The podium & egrave; was completed by twenty-two Kazakh Yulia Galysheva, gi & agrave; winner of last month's race at the World Cup in Ruka, that in the final for the bronze medal he beat world champion outgoing specialty & agrave; Chloe Dufour-Lapointe winning cos & Igrave; the first world championship medal of his career. The older sister Justine, however, with a fourth place today concluded this World Championships without medals, after gaining three podium finishes in the first three races of the season in the World Cup.
In the men's Canadian athletes have occupied all three steps of the podium proving once National clearly superior to the other despite the withdrawal of Alexander Bilodeau, who in this specialty & agrave; had won the last three world titles. This time the medal 'gold & egrave; went to Mikael Kingsbury, who in dual moguls had won the medal 'silver in the last two exhibitions iridescent. The twenty-two Canadian, winner of the last three races of the World Cup, skied perfectly right from the qualifiers, riuscendosi to put behind the 'error made in super final race of moguls that forced him to second place in a race in which medal 'gold seemed gi & agrave; be his neck even before starting. Before World Championship medal in career for the second and third place in this race, with twenty-five Philippe Marquis who won a stunning silver surrendering only in the final to a wild Kingsbury, while the twenty-three Marc-Antoine Gagnon completed the hat-trick of the Canadian advantage '' error by the American Sho Kashima that & egrave; went off the track in half & agrave; track in the final for the bronze medal. Gagnon & egrave; cos & Igrave; could arrive safely to the finish beginning the party all Canadian.
The 'only Italian race was Giacomo Matiz, you & egrave; classified in twenty-fifth position, thereby improving & Igrave; the thirty-sixth place finish in the moguls the day before. For the 'Blue & egrave this; was the 'last race of his career. The twenty-nine Friuli, who has participated in un''edizione career in the Olympic Games, five editions of the World Championships and seventy-nine races of the World Cup, has decided to retire after the World Cup, thanks to the decision of the FIS to cancel the national team moguls, and now let & agrave; the 'coach of the Swiss Cup Europe bringing with him some young Italian promise, as stated by the same Matiz. & Nbsp;
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