Moguls men bis Olympian Alex Bilodeau, Canadian Smyshlyaev avoids the sweep

Moguls uomini: bis olimpico per Alex Bilodeau, Smyshlyaev evita lo sweep canadese
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Moguls men bis Olympian Alex Bilodeau, Canadian Smyshlyaev avoids the sweep

In the men's moguls at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park Canada repeats the result in the women's race, going close to'' monopolize the entire podium.

It is a rule announced, just think that Canadians have won the last 20 games played in moguls, with the last defeat'' dated 2011. A celebration is Alex Bilodeau, who confirmed 4 years after the'' gold in Vancouver. The 26 year old went to Montreal progression: 1 eighth in the final third in the final 2 and then a true masterpiece in the finals, awarded by the judges with an amazing 26.31. Bilodeau becomes the first footballer in history to repeat a successful Olympic Games. '' The silver goes to Martin Kingsbury (24.71), world champion and as many as a great pre-race favorite (15 wins in their last 20 games), which was not enough in the end to improve your score above 6. In any case, at the age of 21 comes the'' silver, definitely improved result for him in four years, moreover, against the d'' Bilodeau seen in the final c'' had little to do It'' party but also for the hosts thanks to Alexander Smyshlyaev, who won a bronze medal on the eve not so predictable. The 26 year old from Lysya had closed even to command the final one, and it was good to repeat almost the same score in the final with 24.34. Russia medal in moguls who returns after 20 years, precisely from'' got silver in Lillehammer 1994 by Sergey Shupletsov. At the foot of the podium on the third of Canadians, Marc-Antoine Gagnon, who has paid dearly for a couple of inaccuracies in skiing, finishing with a score of 23.35. Rounding out the rankings of the best 6 Kazakh Dmitriy Reiherd (22.80) and the American Patrick Deneen (22:16). Final Ranking RankCountryName 1 CAN Alex Bilodeau 2 CAN Mikael KINGSBURY 3 RUS Alexandr SMYSHLYAEV 4 CAN Marc-Antoine GAGNON 5 KAZ Dmitriy REIHERD 6 USA Patrick Deneen 7 AUS Matt GRAHAM 8 FRA Benjamin CAVET 9 CAN Philippe MARQUIS 10 KAZ Pavel Kolmakov 11 SWE For SPETT 12 KOR Jae-Woo Choi
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