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Ikuma Horishima wins the first competition at the Freestyle World Championships in the Engadine.
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Ikuma Horishima is crowned world champion on the moguls at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz. The Japanese rider dethrones the eight-time Canadian world champion Mikaël Kingsbury.
Horishima, who had already been in the lead in the first run, stepped up his game again in the second run and secured gold for the second time since 2017 with 89.03 points. After three World Championship titles in a row, Kingsbury had to settle for silver. Bronze went to Daeyoon Jung from South Korea.
The two Swiss athletes Enea Buzzi (26th) and Martino Conedera (34th) missed out on the final of the best 20 athletes.
In the women's event, Perrine Laffont from France defended her World Championship title. The 26-year-old double world champion from Bakuriani came out on top ahead of Japan's Hinako Tomitaka and Canada's Maia Schwinghammer. Overall World Cup winner Jaelin Kauf from the USA lost control of her skis in the middle section and only finished in 8th place despite spectacular jumps.
The women's competition took place without Swiss participation.
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