Heil, Begg-Smith win back-to-back moguls World Cups in Calgary

By Published On: January 10th, 2010Comments Off on Heil, Begg-Smith win back-to-back moguls World Cups in Calgary

Jennifer HeilThe World Cup’s moguls skiers had their second competition in two nights tonight (Jan. 9) under the lights in Calgary, Canada. For the second time in as many nights, the podiums were topped by Olympic gold medalists Jennifer Heil of Canada and Dale Begg-Smith, a former Canadian skier who now represents Australia.

Japan’s Aiko Uemura took second place tonight ahead of the Czech Republic’s Nikola Sudova in third. Sudova (second yesterday) also climbed on her second podium in as many days. The victory was Heil’s 23rd career World Cup win.

Heather McPhie again lead the American women with her second fourth-place finish two days. Teammates Shelly Robertson (5th) and Shannon Bahrke (6th) also grabbed their second top-ten results in as many days as the fight to make the USA 2010 Olympic Team heats up. The final team will be named at the end of January.

Last season’s overall World Cup moguls champion, American Hannah Kearney continued her slump (11th yesterday) with a 36th-place finish tonight. Her Olympic berth is secured as she won the Olympic Trials Dec. 23.

Heil now leads in the World Cup overall standings, 82 points ahead of teammate Kristi Richards (28th today) in second. Sudova is only one point back in third overall.

“I just had to lay it on the line. For me, I just wanted to push my speed and my aggressiveness, and I accomplished that,” said Heil.

Begg-Smith, who had knee reconstructive surgery only a year ago, was back on top for the second consecutive night ahead of last season’s overall moguls champion, Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau. Russian Alexandr Smyshlyaev also repeated his results of yesterday with another third-place finish.

World Champion Patrick Deneen bounced back from his 50th-place finish of a day ago to lead the American men in ninth. Deneen has already secured his spot on the Olympic team by winning the Olympic trials in late December. Teammates Sho Kashima (11th) and Michael Morse (18th) also grabbed their second top-20 finishes in two days.

Begg-Smith now leads in the overall World Cup standings, 14 points ahead of Swede Jesper Bjoernlund in second. Bilodeau is 90 points back in third. American Bryon Wilson (16th today) stands in fourth, 120 points behind the leader.

Freestyle World Cup action continues in Calgary tomorrow (Jan. 10) with men’s and women’s aerials competitions.

Image: Jennifer Heil wins again in Calgary. (Freestyle Canada)

Women’s Results

 1  2  2275744 HEIL Jennifer  1983  CAN   24.94    1000.00
 2  6  2175252 UEMURA Aiko  1979  JPN   24.03    800.00
 3  4  2267596 SUDOVA Nikola  1982  CZE   23.90    600.00
 4  5  2364117 MCPHIE Heather  1984  USA   23.69    500.00
 5  10  2175640 ROBERTSON Shelly  1979  USA   23.30    450.00
 6  11  2175543 BAHRKE Shannon  1980  USA   22.73    400.00
 7  24  2360722 SCANZIO Deborah  1986  ITA   22.40    360.00
 8  18  2329677 ROBICHAUD Audrey  1988  CAN   22.00    320.00
 9  16  2397097 ITO Miki  1987  JPN   21.07    290.00
 10  30  2484307 GALYSHEVA Yulia  1992  KAZ   20.77    260.00
 11  23  2476152 DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime  1989  CAN   20.68    240.00
 12  34  2525906 SEO Jung-Hwa  1990  KOR   20.08    220.00
 13  7  2197853 MARBLER Margarita  1975  AUT   16.01    200.00
 14  19  2175155 KERFOOT Sylvia  1977  CAN   12.22    180.00
 15  9  2484720 DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe  1991  CAN   5.74    160.00
 16  8  2266044 TORITO Emiko  1982  USA   4.56    150.00
 17  13  2481681 STOLYAROVA Ekaterina  1988  RUS   18.51    140.00
 18  43  2339668 FOERSTER Katharina  1988  GER   18.48    130.00
 19  31  2419989 KAFFKA Marina  1987  GER   18.42    120.00
 20  12  2069813 ROARK Michelle  1974  USA   18.33    110.00
 21  40  2526325 GUNCHENKO Anastassia  1991  RUS   18.33    100.00
 22  29  2439983 RODIONOVA Yuliya  1990  KAZ   18.23    90.00
 23  39  2485171 KRAUS Constanze  1990  GER   18.22    80.00
 24  22  2044884 CHERKASOVA Marina  1972  RUS   18.11    70.00
 25  15  2484304 RYBALOVA Darya  1988  KAZ   17.38    60.00
 26  32  2481584 MURATOVA Elena  1986  RUS   17.02    50.00
 27  25  2277878 SEROVA Daria  1982  RUS   14.71    45.00
 28  1  2304360 RICHARDS Kristi  1981  CAN   13.28    40.00
 29  33  2340250 BEDNARIK Nina  1982  SLO   13.14    36.00
 30  20  2485019 RAKHIMOVA Regina  1985  RUS   13.00    32.00
 31  21  2484830 MURATA Arisa  1990  JPN   12.87    28.00
 32  38  2358588 SUDOVA Sarka  1986  CZE   12.20    26.00
 33  14  2329386 OUTTRIM Eliza  1985  USA   11.00    24.00
 34  45  2526185 HENNINGSEN Maj-Beldring  1981  DAN   10.08    22.00
 35  36  2485294 KOYANDER Ellie  1991  GBR   10.08    20.00
 36  3  2328513 KEARNEY Hannah  1986  USA   9.74    19.70
 37  41  2373041 SANTA-OLALLA Reyes  1984  SPA   9.10    19.40
 38  26  2484380 BUMANN Nicole  1986  SUI   6.32    19.10
 39  35  2527561 LI Nan  1992  CHN   5.03    18.80
 40  28  2526184 VACULIKOVA Tereza  1992  CZE   4.14    0.00
 41  44  2379346 HENITIUK Chelsea  1987  CAN   3.64    0.00
 42  42  2527560 NING Qin  1992  CHN   3.20    0.00
 43  37  2399522 BROWN Jackie  1986  CAN   2.70    0.00
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     2034796 SATOYA Tae  1976  JPN   


Men’s Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  2  2271961 BEGG-SMITH Dale  1985  AUS   25.25    1000.00
 2  4  2426100 BILODEAU Alexandre  1987  CAN   24.70    800.00
 3  8  2482457 SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr  1987  RUS   24.42    600.00
 4  9  2469168 REIHERD Dmitriy  1989  KAZ   23.68    500.00
 5  36  2407670 BENNA Anthony  1987  FRA   23.67    450.00
 6  15  2337049 COLAS Guilbaut  1983  FRA   23.52    400.00
 7  1  2406797 BJOERNLUND Jesper  1985  SWE   23.41    360.00
 8  23  2371877 GINGRAS Maxime  1984  CAN   23.27    320.00
 9  46  2382838 DENEEN Patrick  1987  USA   23.14    290.00
 10  20  2183982 ROUSSEAU Pierre-Alexandre  1979  CAN   22.58    260.00
 11  16  2417855 KASHIMA Sho  1986  USA   22.40    240.00
 12  47  2269924 TANNER Warren  1980  CAN   22.31    220.00
 13  25  2278169 LUUSUA Tapio  1981  FIN   21.80    200.00
 14  19  2407573 VOLKOV Andrey  1986  RUS   21.53    180.00
 15  52  2082714 RONKAINEN Mikko  1978  FIN   11.95    160.00
 16  3  2471302 WILSON Bryon  1988  USA   10.77    150.00
 17  37  2413781 BURILLE Arnaud  1988  FRA   21.38    140.00
 18  5  2270312 MORSE Michael  1981  USA   21.32    130.00
 19  38  2430271 KYLLOENEN Harri  1988  FIN   21.17    120.00
 20  51  2397776 NISHI Nobuyuki  1985  JPN   21.08    110.00
 21  17  2484682 KIRAMO Arttu  1990  FIN   21.02    100.00
 22  13  2484730 MARQUIS Philippe  1989  CAN   20.94    90.00
 23  29  2484861 ENDO Sho  1990  JPN   20.80    80.00
 24  33  2354223 OCHS Pierre  1984  FRA   20.41    70.00
 25  12  2397485 OZAKI Kai  1987  JPN   20.38    60.00
 26  11  2369161 DOLGODVOROV Denis  1982  RUS   20.34    50.00
 27  18  2345104 COOPER Ramone  1988  AUS   20.08    45.00
 28  41  2407379 VACULIK Lukas  1986  CZE   20.04    40.00
 29  50  2484106 HICKS Eddie  1988  CAN   19.92    36.00
 30  57  2296600 BABIC David  1979  USA   19.77    32.00
 31  30  2407185 MATIZ Giacomo  1986  ITA   19.68    28.00
 32  42  2318134 HALL Sam  1988  AUS   19.65    26.00
 33  53  2526124 SEO Myung-joon  1992  KOR   19.28    24.00
 34  31  2312411 DAUNFELDT Olle  1983  SWE   19.25    22.00
 35  34  2484563 BYKACHEV Pavel  1986  RUS   19.19    20.00
 36  6  2361498 MARQUIS Vincent  1984  CAN   19.18    19.70
 37  58  2291168 WONG Chris  1981  CAN   18.72    19.40
 38  26  2527469 CHOI Jae-Woo  1994  KOR   18.46    19.10
 39  10  2070783 TSUKITA Yugo  1976  JPN   17.49    18.80
 40  48  2484758 SLATTEN Vinjar  1990  NOR   17.30    18.50
 41  40  2484309 SOKOLOV Andrey  1992  KAZ   16.66    18.20
 42  55  2484301 CHO Woo-Hyun  1991  KOR   16.47    17.90
 43  28  2420959 GERMAN Nejc  1991  SLO   16.20    17.60
 44  39  2485295 LONGLEY Andrew  1990  GBR   14.56    17.30
 45  22  2482554 VOLKOV Sergey  1987  RUS   13.45    17.00
 46  35  2439985 BARMASHOV Dmitriy  1985  KAZ   12.48    16.70
 47  56  2484677 ROCHON Cedric  1990  CAN   12.46    16.40
 48  21  2475958 JACQUES-DAGENAIS Renaud  1987  CAN   12.32    16.10
 49  54  2288064 STARK Christoph  1980  GER   10.81    15.80
 50  14  2406506 SPETT Per  1985  SWE   9.48    15.50
 51  32  2485276 NAVILLOD Mathieu  1989  FRA   6.41    15.20
 52  7  2297279 ROBERTS Nathan  1982  USA   4.96    14.90
 53  27  2340929 NOVAK Vaclav  1987  CZE   3.08    14.60
 54  59  2484937 KINGSBURY Mikael  1992  CAN   3.08    14.30
 55  24  2286512 BLOECHL Gerhard  1981  GER   2.34    0.00
 56  49  2485300 GUMMESSON Adam  1989  SWE   0.00    0.00
 56  45  2526312 ANDERSEN Tevje-Lie  1991  NOR   0.00    0.00
 56  44  2414169 FRANCILLON Baptiste  1983  FRA   0.00    0.00
 56  43  2396903 ANTONAKAKIS Tryfonas  1983  GRE   0.00    0.0

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