Mikael Kingsbury is going downhill, fast.
Which just means more wins for Canada’s king of the moguls.
The Deux-Montagnes, Que., native earned his 13th straight gold medal on Thursday to complete the sweep at the World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah.
It was also his 48th first-place finish of his career, the most of any freestyle skier in history.
Kingsbury scored 88.80 points in the final, well clear of Kazakhstan’s Dmitry Reikherd in second (83.66) and Australia’s Matt Graham in third (82.37).
Earlier in the day, Canada’s Philippe Marquis, another moguls skier, announced on Instagram that he had torn his right ACL in training for the event on Monday.
Marquis is still hopeful of representing Canada at the Olympics in February.
Naude finishes 5th
Andi Naude was the top Canadian woman, finishing fifth and improving one spot on her previous night’s performance.
Jaelin Kauf of the U.S. won gold with a score of 81.37, almost one point ahead of silver medallist Frenchwoman Perrine Laffont (80.38). American Morgan Schild finished third at 78.76.
Naude, the Penticton B.C., native clocked in at 77.62. She’s won two bronze medals and finished in the top six at each of her competitions this year.
Justine Dufour-Lapointe finished eighth, while sister Chloe was 14th.
