National Post

Mikael Kingsbury

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wanted to get the career victories record over with quickly. He did just that at the opening competitio­n of the 2015- 16 season as the 23-year- old from Deux- Montagnes, Que., won the freestyle skiing dual moguls Saturday to become the all- time leader in World Cup wins with 29. “It just felt amazing,” Kingsbury said on a conference call from Ruka, Finland. “I woke up this morning and I felt confident. I qualified first. I knew today was a good day to make it happen.” Kingsbury, the reigning World Cup moguls and overall freestyle champion, outpointed Benjamin Cavet of France 20- 15 in the final for his fourth victory on the Ruka hill in northeaste­rn Finland. He previously shared the career wins record with Edgar Grospiron of France, who amassed 28 wins from 1988- 95. In a surprising women’s final, Mikaela Matthews of the United States took the top honour from Regina Rakhimova of Russia. The favourite, Montreal native Chloe Dufour- Lapointe, had to be content with third, winning the small final against Hedvig Wessel of Norway.

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