The final round of the ski freestyle moguls World Cup was held in France on the 19th, and Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Ikuma Horishima finished second in the dual moguls.
Horishima finished the World Cup this season in 2nd place overall.
The final round of the Moguls World Cup was held in France on the 19th, and dual moguls were held for both men and women in which two athletes slipped and competed at the same time.
Among them, Horishima, an ace who won the bronze medal in the moguls of the Beijing Games, participated in the men's race and steadily won the final tournament.
The final was against Canada's Mikael Kingsbury, who recognizes each other as rivals.
Horishima boldly attacked with a speedy slide from the start, but the turn was disturbed on the way and he lost to 2nd place.
This season, Horishima finished second overall on the podium in all 12 races, including the Olympic moguls and dual moguls.
Kosuke Sugimoto, who participated in the Beijing Games, was eliminated in the qualifying and finished 22nd in the other Japanese teams.
On the other hand, for girls, 17-year-old Anri Kawamura went off course in the quarterfinals of the final tournament and finished 8th.
The ski-freestyle World Cup is a "mogul skiing" where two athletes ski and compete at the same time in the Olympic event, and "dual moguls" where two athletes ski and compete at the same time, and points for the season are added according to their respective rankings.
Then, the points of "moguls" and "dual moguls" are combined to determine the overall ranking of the season.
Horishima finished the season with moguls, dual moguls, and overall ranking in second place.
For boys, Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury won the 10th overall victory for the first time in two seasons.
On the other hand, the female player Kawamura was third overall this season, and was unfortunately second in terms of moguls, not just one point behind the winning French player Perrine Laffont.
Horishima "To be able to make the overall 2nd place the 1st place"
Horishima said, "I'm glad I was able to skate on the podium until the final match of the World Cup. I felt Kingsbury's greatness in today's final run, so I'm training hard for next season. I want to go, and I want to do my best so that I can make the overall 2nd place the 1st place. "
Kawamura "I want to do my best next season"
Anri Kawamura said, "I'm really happy to finish the World Cup in 3rd place overall. I'm grateful to the people who have always supported me. I didn't get very good results with dual moguls this season, so next season I want to do my best. There are many parts that I want to improve, so I want you to see them. "