At just 18 years old, American Micheael Rossi stepped onto his first World Cup podium under the bright Deer Valley lights tonight (Feb. 1) with a third place result.
“I didn’t expect this at all. Going into it I just wanted to land my jumps, that’s always my goal,” said Rossi. “When I landed my full – double full – full, I just squeaked into the next round and the same thing happened with the super final. The fact that I have a World Cup podium hasn’t even set in yet.”
Maxim Gustik of Belarus took the win with a 117.85-point effort while Canadian Travis Gerrits took second.
The women’s contest was once again topped by a Chinese jumper, Xu Mengtao hauled in her fourth victory of the season making it a perfect sweep on the season for Chinese women, who have gone five for five. Xu’s score of 116.9 towered over that of her nearest competitor, 38.65 points behind.
Australian Laura Peel secured the second spot followed by China’s Zhang Xin in third.
Emily Cook was the top American in seventh place. She was joined by two teammates in the top ten as Madison Olsen and Kiley McKinnon finished ninth and 10th, respectively.
Freestyle World Cup action in Utah wraps up tomorrow with halfpipe and dual moguls competitions.
Women’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 2526230 | XU Mengtao | 1990 | CHN | 116.9 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 8 | 2527930 | PEEL Laura | 1989 | AUS | 78.25 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2439777 | ZHANG Xin | 1985 | CHN | 77.55 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2527702 | SCOTT Danielle | 1990 | AUS | 58.5 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 12 | 2484528 | SCHAERER Tanja | 1989 | SUI | 80.33 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 7 | 2379055 | DIDENKO Nadiya | 1986 | UKR | 71.55 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 6 | 2180102 | COOK Emily | 1979 | USA | 71.2 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2325118 | LASSILA Lydia | 1982 | AUS | 68.02 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 17 | 2528013 | OLSEN Madison | 1995 | USA | 76.56 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 22 | 2528866 | MCKINNON Kiley | 1995 | USA | 74.02 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 27 | 2528902 | MOKHNATSKA Nadiya | 1995 | UKR | 64.48 | 240.00 | |
| 12 | 15 | 2528685 | WELLS Samantha | 1989 | AUS | 56.38 | 220.00 | |
| 13 | 19 | 2528319 | NOVOSAD Anastasiya | 1993 | UKR | 68.44 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 20 | 2484519 | LEE Allison | 1989 | USA | 68.04 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 18 | 2526216 | GUERIN Sabrina | 1985 | CAN | 63.63 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 14 | 2527911 | MCELDUFF Renee | 1991 | AUS | 62.35 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 23 | 2529574 | ALDABERGENOVA Zhanbota | 1995 | KAZ | 62.35 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 24 | 2529089 | GORELIK Madison | 1994 | USA | 56.26 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 30 | 2527470 | ARAPBAYEVA Zhibek | 1991 | KAZ | 55.9 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 11 | 2484885 | POLYUK Olga | 1987 | UKR | 51.97 | 0.00 | |
| 21 | 26 | 2530817 | GRISS Erin | 1998 | USA | 45.24 | 0.00 | |
| Did not start | ||||||||
| 2526286 | YANG Yu | 1991 | CHN | |||||
Men’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 21 | 2484526 | GUSTIK Maxim | 1988 | BLR | 117.85 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 6 | 2525948 | GERRITS Travis | 1991 | CAN | 115.83 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 17 | 2527740 | ROSSI Michael | 1994 | USA | 111.37 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2527482 | JIA Zongyang | 1991 | CHN | 101.36 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2343160 | FERGUSON Dylan | 1988 | USA | 106.79 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 19 | 2192130 | GRISHIN Alexei | 1979 | BLR | 89.82 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 11 | 2472951 | ABRAMENKO Oleksandr | 1988 | UKR | 86.73 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 22 | 2439973 | LAMBERT Christopher | 1987 | SUI | 83.83 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2526229 | QI Guangpu | 1990 | CHN | 96.46 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 12 | 2312217 | LAMBERT Thomas | 1984 | SUI | 86.88 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 4 | 2164970 | DASHINSKI Dmitri | 1977 | BLR | 240.00 | ||
| 12 | 16 | 2485223 | BROWN Nevin | 1989 | USA | 220.00 | ||
| 13 | 7 | 2360140 | OSIPAU Denis | 1983 | BLR | 110.22 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 18 | 2306688 | ISOZ Andreas | 1984 | SUI | 110.18 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 3 | 2485099 | MORRIS David | 1984 | AUS | 107.08 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 24 | 2526810 | BOWEN Alex | 1992 | USA | 106.51 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 39 | 2485212 | GARDNER Hans | 1989 | USA | 106.11 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 20 | 2527147 | LILLIS Jonathon | 1994 | USA | 98.19 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 31 | 2526681 | ISLER Dimitri | 1993 | SUI | 96.72 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 8 | 2416982 | LIU Zhongqing | 1985 | CHN | 91.15 | 110.00 | |
| 21 | 35 | 2529818 | INKARBEK Baglan | 1994 | KAZ | 84.73 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2529015 | ZHOU Hang | 1993 | CHN | 82.3 | 90.00 | |
| 23 | 32 | 2526709 | TABARA Naoya | 1980 | JPN | 78.16 | 80.00 | |
| 24 | 10 | 2484932 | ROCHON Olivier | 1989 | CAN | 75.66 | 70.00 | |
| 25 | 34 | 2528333 | PUZDERKO Mykola | 1990 | UKR | 74.52 | 60.00 | |
| 26 | 33 | 2064090 | GETTY Clyde | 1961 | ARG | 71.63 | 50.00 | |
| 27 | 27 | 2529110 | GASSER Mischa | 1991 | SUI | 69.44 | 45.00 | |
| 28 | 15 | 2484953 | ANDRE Jean-Christophe | 1989 | CAN | 64.39 | 40.00 | |
| 29 | 29 | 2528852 | BUGROV Ilya | 1980 | KAZ | 60.26 | 36.00 | |
| 30 | 38 | 2527472 | BERESTOVSKIY Sergei | 1986 | KAZ | 55.69 | 0.00 | |
| 31 | 37 | 2527014 | LEVER Tim | 1986 | GBR | 52.85 | 0.00 | |
| 32 | 36 | 2528860 | JOHNSON Kendal | 1992 | USA | 49.00 | 0.00 | |
| Did not start | ||||||||
| 2528330 | LOUGHRAN Eric | 1995 | USA | |||||
