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Since she decided not to put pressure on herself anymore, Perrine Laffont has never been stronger! She won this weekend the two mogul ski world cup events on the program, a week after her victory in the inaugural stage.

"It sounds like a joke, I know, but it's true that I was not gone for such objectives," admitted Perrine Laffont, contacted by phone by AFP.

. Moguls: Imperial Perrine in China

"This is how I work best, when I don't set a goal, I don't put pressure on myself, I ski freed. I try to be as relaxed as possible, to aim for the Worlds - 2021 and the Olympics-2022, "said the 21-year-old Olympic champion after her double victory on Saturday and in parallel on Sunday in Thaiwoo, China.

Three races, three victories! The introduction was surprising on the part of an athlete who had announced that this winter would be for her "a season of transition", before getting back on track for the big World and Olympic events.

With her mental trainer, the Ariégeoise just wants to take advantage of this season to master a stress that has sometimes taken over during major competitions. "We put things in place to try to avoid this stress, it's part of the process," she explains. The objective is to remain at the same level of performance without drawing as much from the reserves.

In men's, Benjamin Cavet confirmed his good form with two podiums during the weekend: third Saturday and second Sunday on the parallel, behind the Canadian Mikael Kingsbury.

. Background: Chanavat near Klaebo!

Lucas Chanavat only bowed on Saturday at the photo-finish against the untouchable Norwegian Johannes Klaebo in the sprint world cup race in Davos.

"I was a little green, frustrated, but after that I am happy with this performance," said the skier from Grand-Bornand, quoted by l'Equipe.fr. "To beat Klaebo, there is no miracle recipe, you have to work hard and it will do it. I have never been so close to my first World Cup victory."

With this second place, Chanavat offers the second podium of the winter to the French team, after the third place of Richard Jouve last week in Ruka in Finland.

On the 15 km stopwatch on Sunday, Maurice Manificat lived up to his expectations, with a beautiful 5th place 35.7 seconds behind the Norwegian winner Simen Hegstad Krueger.

. Cross: at the foot of the podium

The French skicross team leaves empty-handed from the Austrian meeting in Montafon. Terence Tchiknavorian took fourth place on Saturday in the final won by Swiss Ryan Regez. All the other tricolors stopped in the 8th final or in qualifications.

Canada's Kristofor Mahler took the lead in the World Cup (220 points). The best placed Frenchman is Jean Frédéric Chapuis, 5th with 119 points ".

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