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21-03-2025
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Americans Jaelin Kauf, Tess Johnson go one-two in dual moguls at World Championships
Jaelin Kauf and Tess Johnson gave the U.S. its first one-two in World Championships history in dual moguls, an event that makes its Olympic debut at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Kauf, the top moguls skier this World Cup season, and Johnson, ranked third on the World Cup, went head-to-head in Friday's gold-medal final with Kauf prevailing for her first world title. Kauf previously won a combined four silver medals and one bronze medal between the Olympics and World Championships. She was eighth in the traditional moguls event at worlds in Switzerland on Wednesday. "Especially after singles (moguls), a bit of redemption out here," said Kauf, who is the first American to win a world title in any moguls event since Hannah Kearney in 2015. Johnson capped her best overall season by winning her first World Championships medal in six years. Last month, she earned her first World Cup victory in seven years. The 2018 Olympian finished this season ranked third in the overall standings behind Kauf and 2018 Olympic gold medalist Perrine Laffont of France. Dual moguls has been contested at the biennial world championships since 1999. In 2022, it was added to the Olympic program starting with the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, giving moguls skiers a second medal event at the Olympics. Earlier Friday, Americans Mac Forehand and Alex Hall finished second and third in men's ski slopestyle at worlds. Norway's Birk Ruud repeated as world champion with an 89.10-point second run to better Forehand (85.53) and Hall (84.72). Forehand, 20th at the 2022 Olympics, earned his first World Championships medal. Hall, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist, also earned world bronze in 2021. In snowboard slopestyle, Ollie Martin took bronze in his world debut. Martin, 16, became the second-youngest U.S. snowboarder to win a world championships medal after Arielle Gold, who won halfpipe gold in 2013 at a younger 16. Martin's run included a switch backside 1620, frontside double 1440 and backside 1800 for 78.98 points. He was bettered only by Canadian Liam Brearley (90.15 points) and China's Su Yiming (85.07 with a switch backside 1980). The World Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships continue Saturday with finals in snowboarding's parallel slalom and team ski cross, which are not an Olympic events. David Wise, after two gold medals, gears up for one last Olympic halfpipe bid Two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise is competing in his last Olympic cycle before retirement. Nick Zaccardi, Nick Zaccardi,
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21-03-2025
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Americans Jaelin Kauf, Tess Johnson go one-two in dual moguls at World Championships
Jaelin Kauf and Tess Johnson gave the U.S. its first one-two in World Championships history in dual moguls, an event that makes its Olympic debut at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Kauf, the top moguls skier this World Cup season, and Johnson, ranked third on the World Cup, went head-to-head in Friday's gold-medal final with Kauf prevailing for her first world title. Kauf previously won a combined four silver medals and one bronze medal between the Olympics and World Championships. She was eighth in the traditional moguls event at worlds in Switzerland on Wednesday. 'Especially after singles (moguls), a bit of redemption out here,' said Kauf, who is the first American to win a world title in any moguls event since Hannah Kearney in 2015. Johnson capped her best overall season by winning her first World Championships medal in six years. Last month, she earned her first World Cup victory in seven years. The 2018 Olympian finished this season ranked third in the overall standings behind Kauf and 2018 Olympic gold medalist Perrine Laffont of France. Dual moguls has been contested at the biennial world championships since 1999. In 2022, it was added to the Olympic program starting with the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, giving moguls skiers a second medal event at the Olympics. Earlier Friday, Americans Mac Forehand and Alex Hall finished second and third in men's ski slopestyle at worlds. Norway's Birk Ruud repeated as world champion with an 89.10-point second run to better Forehand (85.53) and Hall (84.72). Forehand, 20th at the 2022 Olympics, earned his first World Championships medal. Hall, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist, also earned world bronze in 2021. In snowboard slopestyle, Ollie Martin took bronze in his world debut. Martin, 16, became the second-youngest U.S. snowboarder to win a world championships medal after Arielle Gold, who won halfpipe gold in 2013 at a younger 16. Martin's run included a switch backside 1620, frontside double 1440 and backside 1800 for 78.98 points. He was bettered only by Canadian Liam Brearley (90.15 points) and China's Su Yiming (85.07 with a switch backside 1980). The World Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships continue Saturday with finals in snowboarding's parallel slalom and team ski cross, which are not an Olympic events. Nick Zaccardi,
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03-03-2025
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Jaelin Kauf wins World Cup overall title in moguls
Jaelin Kauf is the first American to win a World Cup season title in moguls skiing in a decade, clinching the crystal globe on Saturday with her seventh victory of the campaign. Kauf, a 28-year-old Olympic silver medalist, won a dual moguls event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for her 11th consecutive top-two finish between World Cup moguls and dual moguls events. She leads 2018 Olympic champion Perrine Laffont of France by 206 points in the season standings combining results from both moguls and dual moguls. There are two competitions left this season, with a maximum 100 points for each winner, so Laffont cannot catch Kauf. Kauf previously finished second in the season standings in 2018 (to Laffont), 2019 (to Laffont) and 2024 (to 2022 Olympic champion Jakara Anthony of Australia, who this season has been out since sustaining an injury in December). "I've been working at that for a long time," Kauf said of securing the crystal globe. Kauf led Laffont by 26 points going into Almaty's two events (moguls Friday; dual moguls Saturday). Laffont skipped the Almaty stop. Kauf's season included a five-event World Cup win streak in February, the longest for an American between moguls and dual moguls since Hannah Kearney won 16 in a row in 2011 and 2012. Kearney was the last American to win a season title in overall moguls in 2015. Kearney was also the last American to win Olympic moguls gold in 2010. The current Olympic title drought is the longest in American history in moguls, which debuted as a medal event at the 1992 Albertville Games. With dual moguls added to the Olympic program in 2026, Kauf can bid to become the second American skier to win two golds at one Olympics after Andrea Mead-Lawrence, who won Alpine's giant slalom and slalom at the 1952 Oslo Games. Before that are the World Championships in three weeks in Switzerland. Laffont and Kauf went one-two in moguls and dual moguls at the last worlds in 2023. Kauf can become the first American moguls skier to win a world title since Kearney in 2015. 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: Storylines one year out from the Games The U.S. Winter Olympic team is loaded with new stars and returning legends going into the Milan Cortina Games. Nick Zaccardi, Nick Zaccardi,
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01-03-2025
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Jaelin Kauf wins World Cup overall title in moguls
Jaelin Kauf is the first American to win a World Cup season title in moguls skiing in a decade, clinching the crystal globe on Saturday with her seventh victory of the campaign. Kauf, a 28-year-old Olympic silver medalist, won a dual moguls event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for her 11th consecutive top-two finish between World Cup moguls and dual moguls events. She leads 2018 Olympic champion Perrine Laffont of France by 206 points in the season standings combining results from both moguls and dual moguls. There are two competitions left this season, with a maximum 100 points for each winner, so Laffont cannot catch Kauf. Kauf previously finished second in the season standings in 2018 (to Laffont), 2019 (to Laffont) and 2024 (to 2022 Olympic champion Jakara Anthony of Australia, who this season has been out since sustaining an injury in December). 'I've been working at that for a long time,' Kauf said of securing the crystal globe. Kauf led Laffont by 26 points going into Almaty's two events (moguls Friday; dual moguls Saturday). Laffont skipped the Almaty stop. Kauf's season included a five-event World Cup win streak in February, the longest for an American between moguls and dual moguls since Hannah Kearney won 16 in a row in 2011 and 2012. Kearney was the last American to win a season title in overall moguls in 2015. Kearney was also the last American to win Olympic moguls gold in 2010. The current Olympic title drought is the longest in American history in moguls, which debuted as a medal event at the 1992 Albertville Games. With two moguls events now on the Olympic program, Kauf can bid next year to become the second American skier to win two golds at one Olympics after Andrea Mead-Lawrence, who won Alpine's giant slalom and slalom at the 1952 Oslo Games. Before that are the World Championships in three weeks in Switzerland. Laffont and Kauf went one-two in moguls and dual moguls at the last worlds in 2023. Kauf can become the first American moguls skier to win a world title since Kearney in 2015. Nick Zaccardi,
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28-02-2025
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Tess Johnson earns first World Cup moguls win in 7 years
Tess Johnson earned her first World Cup moguls victory in seven years, becoming the third different American woman to win this season in a discipline that figures to be very competitive for 2026 Olympic team selection. Johnson led a U.S. one-two with Jaelin Kauf, edging Kauf 77.68 to 77.66, on Friday in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The six-skier super final was canceled due to poor visibility, so results were used from the first run of finals with 16 skiers. Johnson snapped Kauf's win streak at five, though the World Cup standings leader Kauf did extend her run to 10 consecutive top-two finishes in World Cups. The Almaty field included neither 2022 Olympic champion Jakara Anthony of Australia (sidelined since a December injury) nor 2018 Olympic champion Perrine Laffont of France (skipping this stop). Johnson moved up to fifth in this season's World Cup standings counting results in both moguls and dual moguls, the latter making its Olympic debut in 2026. Five American women are in the top 15 of the standings -- Kauf (first), Olivia Giaccio (fourth), Johnson (fifth), Kasey Hogg (10th) and Kai Owens (12th). The U.S. is expected to have four women's moguls spots at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games with the team announced next season. When she was 14, Johnson became the youngest skier to ever make the U.S. national team in moguls. At 17, she became at the time the youngest U.S. Olympic moguls skier in history and placed 12th at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. A month later, Johnson earned her first World Cup win in dual moguls, which had been her lone top-level international victory until Friday in Almaty. In 2022, Johnson did not make the four-woman Beijing Olympic team despite being ranked fifth overall in the World Cup standings at the time of the last selection. 'This only fuels my hunger for more at the World Cups following the Games, and I will never stop believing in myself,' was posted on Johnson's social media at the time. 'I'm proud to say I fought my hardest, I performed, and I will continue to do so. I'm grateful to everyone who has supported me relentlessly throughout this painstaking process. I guess I will just always wonder what I could have shown the world in China.' Nick Zaccardi,
