Kearney, Colas earn double moguls wins in Lake Placid
American Olympic gold medalist moguls skier Hannah Kearney pulled in her second World Cup win in as many days today (Jan. 23) in Lake Placid, NY as the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup concluded. Frenchman Guilbaut Colas was also a two-time winner this weekend.
In the last two days, Kearney secured her third and fourth victories of the season. Today’s winning run earned top scores for both tuns and airs as she finished with 26.12 points ahead of Canadian trio, Chloe Lapointe-Dufour (24.85) in second, Kristi Richards (24.57) in third and Olympic silver medalist Jennifer Heil (23.99) in fourth.
Kearney currently leads Heil in the overall standings 509 to 390. Richards is in third with 286 points.
“My goal this season has been consistency,” said Kearney. “To come in first in both qualifying runs and win both final runs means that I’m achieving my goals. It feels so good to walk away with these wins.”
The Americans put five women into the top 15 as Heather McPhie also matched her result from a day ago in fourth. Eliza Outtrim (11th), Kayla Syderman (14th) and Alison DiGravio (15th) filled the top of the results sheet on home snow.
Canadians were also strong on the men’s side. Behind Colas (25.70), four Canadian men filled the top five. They were led by 18-year-old Mikael Kingsbury in second only 0.11 points behind Colas. Pierre-Alexandre rounded out the podium in third while teammates Mar-Antoine and Cedric Rochon finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
It was Colas’ third victory of the season and his sixth podium as he leads the overall standings with 500 points. Kingsbury stands second with 355 points.
Jeremy Cota (third yesterday) again led the U.S. men in sixth. He was closely followed by teammates David DiGravio and Bryon Wilson in seventh and eighth, respectively.
The moguls and aerials World Cup tours now move to Calgary, Canada for competitions next Saturday Jan. 29 before returning to the states for the World Championships in Deer Valley, Utah at the beginning of February.
More to come
Women’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 2328513 | KEARNEY Hannah | 1986 | USA | 26.12 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 18 | 2484720 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe | 1991 | CAN | 24.85 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2304360 | RICHARDS Kristi | 1981 | CAN | 24.57 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2275744 | HEIL Jennifer | 1983 | CAN | 23.99 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 12 | 2481681 | STOLYAROVA Ekaterina | 1988 | RUS | 23.73 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2364117 | MCPHIE Heather | 1984 | USA | 23.04 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 9 | 2485019 | RAKHIMOVA Regina | 1985 | RUS | 22.94 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 10 | 2267596 | SUDOVA Nikola | 1982 | CZE | 21.74 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 14 | 2485027 | PERTAKHIYA Marika | 1992 | RUS | 21.62 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 3 | 2485348 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Justine | 1994 | CAN | 21.6 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 7 | 2329386 | OUTTRIM Eliza | 1985 | USA | 20.75 | 240.00 | |
| 12 | 13 | 2360722 | SCANZIO Deborah | 1986 | ITA | 13.83 | 220.00 | |
| 13 | 17 | 2476152 | DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime | 1989 | CAN | 20.93 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 38 | 2472175 | SNYDERMAN Kayla | 1988 | USA | 20.91 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 35 | 2484722 | DIGRAVIO Alison | 1991 | USA | 20.73 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 24 | 2419989 | KAFFKA Marina | 1987 | GER | 20.57 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 19 | 2034796 | SATOYA Tae | 1976 | JPN | 20.48 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 21 | 2485203 | KLOSER Heidi | 1992 | USA | 19.88 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 23 | 2526184 | VACULIKOVA Tereza | 1992 | CZE | 19.23 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 33 | 2484416 | COX Britteny | 1994 | AUS | 19.23 | 110.00 | |
| 21 | 16 | 2379346 | HENITIUK Chelsea | 1987 | CAN | 18.94 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | 15 | 2397097 | ITO Miki | 1987 | JPN | 18.72 | 90.00 | |
| 23 | 37 | 2485213 | LOWEREE Brittany | 1990 | USA | 18.55 | 80.00 | |
| 24 | 36 | 2526326 | GRASEMANN Laura | 1992 | GER | 18.05 | 70.00 | |
| 25 | 11 | 2526325 | GUNCHENKO Anastassia | 1991 | RUS | 18.02 | 60.00 | |
| 26 | 5 | 2329677 | ROBICHAUD Audrey | 1988 | CAN | 17.18 | 50.00 | |
| 27 | 25 | 2527560 | NING Qin | 1992 | CHN | 17.14 | 45.00 | |
| 28 | 41 | 2485108 | HOSHINO Junko | 1989 | JPN | 17.02 | 40.00 | |
| 29 | 26 | 2527476 | LAWSON Alyssa | 1992 | USA | 17.01 | 36.00 | |
| 30 | 40 | 2485299 | SCHRIWER Martina | 1988 | SWE | 16.86 | 32.00 | |
| 31 | 34 | 2440553 | PARKS Nicole | 1992 | AUS | 16.10 | 28.00 | |
| 32 | 32 | 2525878 | CARLQVIST Veronica | 1990 | SWE | 15.85 | 26.00 | |
| 33 | 42 | 2527561 | LI Nan | 1992 | CHN | 15.14 | 24.00 | |
| 34 | 39 | 2413490 | BOULANGEAT Alizee | 1988 | FRA | 14.6 | 22.00 | |
| 35 | 28 | 2527012 | GOBBI Samanta | 1991 | SUI | 14.33 | 20.00 | |
| 36 | 20 | 2484830 | MURATA Arisa | 1990 | JPN | 9.64 | 0.00 | |
| 37 | 30 | 2373041 | SANTA-OLALLA Reyes | 1984 | SPA | 6.95 | 0.00 | |
| 38 | 29 | 2339668 | FOERSTER Katharina | 1988 | GER | 2.52 | 0.00 |
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Men’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 2337049 | COLAS Guilbaut | 1983 | FRA | 25.70 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2484937 | KINGSBURY Mikael | 1992 | CAN | 25.59 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2183982 | ROUSSEAU Pierre-Alexandre | 1979 | CAN | 25.16 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 19 | 2484952 | GAGNON Marc-Antoine | 1991 | CAN | 24.69 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2484677 | ROCHON Cedric | 1990 | CAN | 24.38 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2484727 | COTA Jeremy | 1988 | USA | 23.98 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 13 | 2375563 | DIGRAVIO David | 1986 | USA | 23.68 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 6 | 2471302 | WILSON Bryon | 1988 | USA | 23.00 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 39 | 2485300 | GUMMESSON Adam | 1989 | SWE | 16.68 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2382838 | DENEEN Patrick | 1987 | USA | 15.18 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2426100 | BILODEAU Alexandre | 1987 | CAN | 240.00 | ||
| 12 | 8 | 2482457 | SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr | 1987 | RUS | 220.00 | ||
| 13 | 20 | 2484106 | HICKS Eddie | 1988 | CAN | 22.75 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 43 | 2528118 | SATERBERG Fredrik | 1994 | SWE | 22.09 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 21 | 2070783 | TSUKITA Yugo | 1976 | JPN | 22.04 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 31 | 2407379 | VACULIK Lukas | 1986 | CZE | 21.71 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 38 | 2526132 | MIETTUNEN Ville | 1992 | FIN | 21.55 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 12 | 2397776 | NISHI Nobuyuki | 1985 | JPN | 21.55 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 33 | 2354320 | LAHTELA Juuso | 1985 | FIN | 21.52 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 28 | 2407185 | MATIZ Giacomo | 1986 | ITA | 21.18 | 110.00 | |
| 21 | 46 | 2526312 | ANDERSEN Tevje-Lie | 1991 | NOR | 20.94 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | 45 | 2527071 | DYER Ryan | 1991 | USA | 20.94 | 90.00 | |
| 23 | 16 | 2417855 | KASHIMA Sho | 1986 | USA | 20.58 | 80.00 | |
| 24 | 44 | 2385166 | UENO Osamu | 1983 | JPN | 20.45 | 70.00 | |
| 24 | 18 | 2484682 | KIRAMO Arttu | 1990 | FIN | 20.45 | 70.00 | |
| 26 | 29 | 2526113 | GRAHAM David | 1991 | AUS | 20.36 | 50.00 | |
| 27 | 40 | 2528117 | FJALLSTROM Ludvig | 1993 | SWE | 20.29 | 45.00 | |
| 28 | 41 | 2340929 | NOVAK Vaclav | 1987 | CZE | 20.16 | 40.00 | |
| 29 | 22 | 2471108 | DISCOE Jimmy | 1989 | USA | 19.98 | 36.00 | |
| 30 | 37 | 2528116 | LAURITZ Jens | 1993 | SWE | 19.98 | 32.00 | |
| 31 | 30 | 2485265 | PANTHER Jay | 1984 | USA | 19.73 | 28.00 | |
| 32 | 47 | 2369743 | LAFRANCHI Pablo | 1986 | SUI | 19.60 | 26.00 | |
| 33 | 42 | 2318134 | HALL Sam | 1988 | AUS | 19.07 | 24.00 | |
| 34 | 32 | 2484758 | SLATTEN Vinjar | 1990 | NOR | 18.22 | 22.00 | |
| 35 | 27 | 2526686 | SVENSSON Ricky | 1992 | SWE | 17.63 | 20.00 | |
| 36 | 35 | 2297279 | ROBERTS Nathan | 1982 | USA | 17.41 | 19.70 | |
| 37 | 36 | 2484301 | CHO Woo-Hyun | 1991 | KOR | 13.71 | 19.40 | |
| 38 | 26 | 2526980 | STEPHENSON Bradley | 1988 | RSA | 13.33 | 19.10 | |
| 39 | 15 | 2471011 | DISCOE Joseph | 1987 | USA | 12.64 | 0.00 | |
| 40 | 34 | 2527360 | PENTTALA Jussi | 1993 | FIN | 11.01 | 0.00 | |
| 41 | 11 | 2484861 | ENDO Sho | 1990 | JPN | 10.44 | 0.00 | |
| 42 | 24 | 2406506 | SPETT Per | 1985 | SWE | 6.65 | 0.00 | |
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| 2406797 | BJOERNLUND Jesper | 1985 | SWE | |||||
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