Mikaël Kingsbury makes history with 87th World Cup victory at Deer Valley

Landon Wendler (USA) on the 2024 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Moguls Course on Thursday Feeb 1. 2023 Photo: TownLift // Brian Modena

Mikaël Kingsbury took home his 87th world cup win on Thursday with a 82.17 run score. This win puts Kingsbury ahead of Ingemar Stenmark, setting a new record for the most World Cup wins by a male athlete across any FIS Olympic discipline.

PARK CITY, Utah — Under the lights at the renowned Deer Valley FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, Men’s Moguls competition Canadian skier Mikaël Kingsbury took home his 87th world cup win on Thursday with a 82.17 run score. This win puts Kingsbury ahead of Ingemar Stenmark, setting a new record for the most World Cup wins by a male athlete across any FIS Olympic discipline. Ikuma Horishima (JPN) placed second with a 79.15 and Filip Greavenfors (SWE) placed third with a 78.80. Notably, Park City local Nick Page placed 5th but threw a massive 1440 off the second jump.

Nick Page 1440

 

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For the women, Olivia Giaccio (USA) took first with a 75.42 run score with a stunning 1080 off the final jump. This victory also marked a historic moment, FIS reports that it was the first time a women’s run, that included a 1080, clinched the top spot on the podium at Champion Run in Deer Valley. Jaelin Kauf (USA) placed second with a 70.87 and Hinako Tomitaka (JPN) finished third with a score of 67.33.

The action continues on Friday with the aerials competition, before returning to Champion Run on Saturday for the dual moguls competitions on Saturday.

Olivia Giaccio on her way to gold

 

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