Mikael Kingsbury
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.