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NBC Sports
31-03-2025
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Kuhn youngest American to win aerials world title
Kaila Kuhn became the youngest American to win an individual world title in aerials, as the U.S. earned four total medals between aerials and halfpipe to cap the freestyle skiing world championships.
CBS News
31-03-2025
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- CBS News
Michigan native Kaila Kuhn gets another aerials gold at freestyle worlds
American Kaila Kuhn became the first competitor to win two aerials gold medals in a single edition of the world freestyle and snowboard championships on Sunday. After helping the United States win the mixed-team event on Thursday, the 21-year-old Michigan native went on to secure the individual title three days later. Her score of 105.13 made Kuhn the only female skier to cross the 100-point mark in the super final. "This is the biggest surprise and I could not be happier," Kuhn said. Kuhn finished ahead of defending Olympic champion Xu Mengtao of China (99.16) and Australia's Danielle Scott (96.93). Noe Roth of Switzerland won the men's competition to retain his title with a score of 143.31 points. New Zealand's Finley Melville Ives won the men's halfpipe title. The 18-year-old clinched the victory with a first-run score of 96.00. "I am honestly in shock," Melville Ives said. "I can't believe I landed my run. The pipe is so good and I am so thankful the weather is good." Three-time Olympic slopestyle medalist Nick Goepper took the silver medal with his second-run score of 94.00, ahead of Alex Ferreira (92.50). Britain's Zoe Atkin won her first women's world halfpipe title after scoring 93.50 in her second run. "I'm going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have in my bedroom," Atkin was quoted as saying.
Washington Post
31-03-2025
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- Washington Post
American Kaila Kuhn gets another aerials gold at freestyle worlds
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — American Kaila Kuhn became the first competitor to win two aerials gold medals in a single edition of the world freestyle and snowboard championships on Sunday. After helping the United States win the mixed-team event on Thursday, the 21-year-old Michigan native went on to secure the individual title three days later.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
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American Kaila Kuhn gets another aerials gold at freestyle worlds
American Kaila Kuhn gets another aerials gold at freestyle worlds Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. celebrates winning the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Winner Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. reacts in the finish area of the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) The podium with, from left, Mengtao Xu of China, gold medalist Kaila Kuhn of USA, and bronze medalist Danielle Scott of Australia, pose during the Aerials competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Silver medalist Mengtao Xu of China, left, and gold medalist Kaila Kuhn of USA celebrate after the Aerials competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Gold medalist Kaila Kuhn of USA poses after the Aerials competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. competes in the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. competes in the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. celebrates winning the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Winner Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. reacts in the finish area of the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) The podium with, from left, Mengtao Xu of China, gold medalist Kaila Kuhn of USA, and bronze medalist Danielle Scott of Australia, pose during the Aerials competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Silver medalist Mengtao Xu of China, left, and gold medalist Kaila Kuhn of USA celebrate after the Aerials competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Gold medalist Kaila Kuhn of USA poses after the Aerials competition at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Kaila Kuhn of the U.S. competes in the Aerials competition of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — American Kaila Kuhn became the first competitor to win two aerials gold medals in a single edition of the world freestyle and snowboard championships on Sunday. After helping the United States win the mixed-team event on Thursday, the 21-year-old Michigan native went on to secure the individual title three days later. Advertisement Her score of 105.13 made Kuhn the only female skier to cross the 100-point mark in the super final. 'This is the biggest surprise and I could not be happier,' Kuhn said. Kuhn finished ahead of defending Olympic champion Xu Mengtao of China (99.16) and Australia's Danielle Scott (96.93). Noe Roth of Switzerland won the men's competition to retain his title with a score of 143.31 points. Finley Melville Ives wins halfpipe title New Zealand's Finley Melville Ives won the men's halfpipe title. The 18-year-old clinched the victory with a first-run score of 96.00. 'I am honestly in shock,' Melville Ives said. 'I can't believe I landed my run. The pipe is so good and I am so thankful the weather is good.' Advertisement Three-time Olympic slopestyle medalist Nick Goepper took the silver medal with his second-run score of 94.00, ahead of Alex Ferreira (92.50). Britain's Zoe Atkin won her first women's world halfpipe title after scoring 93.50 in her second run. 'I'm going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have in my bedroom,' Atkin was quoted as saying. ___ AP sports:
Yahoo
30-03-2025
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Kaila Kuhn wins aerials as U.S. earns four more medals to end freestyle skiing worlds
Kaila Kuhn wins aerials as U.S. earns four more medals to end freestyle skiing worlds Kaila Kuhn became the youngest American to win an individual world title in aerials as the U.S. earned four total medals between aerials and halfpipe to close the freestyle skiing world championships. Kuhn, a 21-year-old from Michigan, landed a lay-full-full, or a double twisting triple backflip, for 105.13 points in the six-woman super final in Switzerland on Sunday. Advertisement It's the first senior top-level win for Kuhn, who previously finished third in a pair of World Cups. "This is the biggest surprise, and I could not be happier," she said. "It's been kind of a rough season for me transitioning to triples (jumps)." Kuhn prevailed over 2022 Olympic gold medalist Xu Mengtao of China (99.16 points) and two-time World Cup season champion Danielle Scott of Australia (96.93). Kuhn landed that triple jump in competition for the first time in the mixed team event at worlds on Thursday, which the U.S. also won. "I trained that trick all summer, and I decided to put it down when it counted," she said. Advertisement Kuhn was the world junior silver medalist in 2022, one month after placing eighth in individual aerials in her Olympic debut at age 18. She converted to aerials from gymnastics. Kuhn is fourth U.S. woman to win an individual aerials world title after Maria Quintana (1986), Nikki Stone (1995) and Ashley Caldwell (2017). Stone is lone American woman to win an Olympic aerials title since the event joined the medal program in 1994. In Sunday's men's final, Swiss Noe Roth and American Quinn Dehlinger went one-two for a second consecutive worlds. Roth won with a double full-double full-full for 143.31 points. Dehlinger scored 123.53 with one less twist — a double full-full-full Advertisement Two years ago, Dehlinger became at age 20 the youngest American man to ever win an individual Olympic or world championships aerials medal. The slopestyle convert is the latest freestyle skiing star to come out of the Cincinnati area, and specifically Perfect North Slopes in nearby Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Perfect North also produced Nick Goepper, a three-time Olympic slopestyle medalist who won ski halfpipe silver at worlds on Sunday. And Justin Schoenefeld, the top American male aerialist at the 2022 Olympics (fifth place) who was also part of the gold-medal-winning team at those Games. As of 2022, Perfect North consisted of five magic carpets, two rope tows, five chairlifts and 23 trails, one of which was expert. The highest point of the hill is 400 feet tall. In contrast, the 2002 Olympic venue of Deer Valley, Utah, has 103 runs and is 3,000 feet tall. Advertisement Earlier Sunday, Americans Goepper and Alex Ferreira finished second and third in the ski halfpipe won by Finley Melville Ives, an 18-year-old from New Zealand. Melville Ives landed a pair of double cork 1620s in his 96-point first run, according to broadcast commentary. It held up through the two-run final. He became the youngest man to win a world title in ski halfpipe, breaking the age record held by his countryman, 2022 Olympic gold medalist Nico Porteous. Porteous last competed in September and has been doing ski filming this winter. Melville Ives' twin brother, Campbell, finished fifth in snowboard halfpipe at worlds on Saturday. Advertisement Goepper, a three-time Olympic medalist in ski slopestyle, briefly retired and then came back in 2023 in halfpipe. He won the X Games in January. Ferreira, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist in halfpipe, won all seven of his competitions in the 2023-24 season. Goepper and Ferreira are leading candidates to make the 2026 U.S. Olympic team of up to four men. They could be joined by 2014 and 2018 gold medalist David Wise, who finished 11th on Sunday and is bidding for one final Games. In women's ski halfpipe, Brit Zoe Atkin landed three 720s in a 93.50-point run for her first world title after finishing second and third at the previous two worlds. Advertisement Svea Irving was the top American in fifth. The event lacked Olympic champion Eileen Gu of China, who hasn't competed since crashing at the X Games in January. Gu posted then that she was OK but was unable to walk at the time after "some really aggressive bruising." Day 11 - FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships 2025 U.S. repeats as world champion in mixed team aerials The U.S. also took gold in mixed team aerials' Olympic debut in 2022.
