Canada’s Kingsbury captures moguls gold at World Cup to lock up Crystal globe
TAZAWAKO, Japan — Mikael Kingsbury locked up his sixth consecutive Crystal globe on Saturday by leading Canada to a three-medal performance at a World Cup moguls competition.
Kingsbury finished first in the men’s event with a score of 89.99 for his 39th career victory, breaking Eric Laboureix’s record for most overall freestyle skiing victories on the FIS World Cup circuit.
“It’s unbelievable,” Kingsbury said. “Every year has been crazy. I’m just very excited that I’ve been able to win the Crystal globe already … I’m going to have fun the rest of the season.”
Teammate Philippe Marquis of Quebec City was second with 86.37 and Benjamin Cavet of France was third at 85.62.