Kingsbury collects moguls silver medal, halting World Cup win streak at 5
Canadian star will try to win dual moguls event Saturday in Bakuriani, Georgia
Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury's streak of World Cup mogul victories ended at five on Friday.
France's Benjamin Cavet, whose last victory was in Idre Fjäll, Sweden, in December 2020, scored 84.08 points, narrowly ahead of Kingsbury (82.93). Severi Vierela (80.80) took third, becoming the first Finnish skier to reach the podium since Jimi Salonen's silver at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah in 2016.
Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., had won every race since the World Cup in Almaty last March, a run that included three solo victories and two dual wins.
The last time he missed a World Cup podium was February in Deer Valley when he finished sixth in dual moguls.
WATCH | Kingsbury places 2nd to Cavet in World Cup moguls:
Kingsbury, now in his 16th season, has 92 World Cup victories and 132 medals in 152 starts.
In the women's event, American Olivia Giaccio (80.19) claimed top spot, edging out France's Perrine Laffont (76.53) and fellow American Jaelin Kauf (76.13). Saskatoon's Maia Schwinghammer finished sixth.
The World Cup competition continues Saturday with the season's first dual event.
WATCH | Full replay coverage of men's, women's moguls in Bakuriani: