Canada’s Kingsbury wins fourth consecutive dual moguls title
Kingsbury has now reached the podium in seven of eight dual moguls events at the world championships, including five wins.
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SAINT MORITZ — Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury won his fourth consecutive dual moguls title at the world championships Friday.
Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., beat Japanese rival Ikuma Horishima in the final to capture gold, while Australia’s Matt Graham won bronze.
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Horishima prevented Kingsbury from a championship four-peat in moguls’ single format on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Kingsbury won silver with 82.86 points in the final, well behind Horishima (89.03).
Kingsbury has now reached the podium in seven of eight dual moguls events at the world championships, including five wins.
In the women’s event, Jessica Linton of North Vancouver, B.C., was the top Canadian in the seventh. Maia Schwinghammer of Saskatoon, who took bronze in moguls on Wednesday, finished 11th.
Kingsbury is coming off another stellar World Cup season which saw him take home three Crystal Globes as the moguls, dual moguls and overall moguls champion.
He defeated Horishima in the final World Cup dual moguls event of the season last week in Livigno, Italy, to leapfrog his Japanese rival into first place in the season standings.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 21, 2025.
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