Saturday in the final, Perrine Laffont, Olympic champion in 2018 in Pyeonchang (South Korea), flew over the competition, with a passage to 87.40 points, almost four points ahead of the American Jealin Kauf (83.56 ), 2022 Olympic vice-champion in Zhangjiakou and the Austrian Avital Carroll (80.19).
“It was such a difficult day, because you know, you feel the pressure. It was long, but I did it. Now the pressure I know how to handle. I just have to ski, it’s everything”, commented Perrine Laffont.
The wait in the arrivals area lasted a few seconds, before her note appeared and she let out her joy.
A year following her disappointment at the Olympics in Zhangjiakou, where she only took fourth place behind Australia’s Jakara Anthony, Jaelin Kauf, and Russia’s neutral Anastassia Smirnova, the Lavelanet native confirms that she is beautiful. well back to the top.
First following qualifying, she also achieved the best score in the first run of the super final. Jakara Anthony completely missed out on the first heat of the Final, taking 17th and penultimate place.
The Frenchwoman will have the opportunity to seek a fifth world title on Sunday in parallel moguls, a discipline which will make its appearance on the Olympic program in 2026 in Milan-Cortina (Italy).
Laffont thus climbs to the top step of a podium in four different editions of the World Championships, overtaking the French legend of the discipline, Edgar Grospiron, in gold at the Worlds in 1991, 1993, and 1999.
For men, the title went to Canadian Mikael Kingsbury, crowned world champion for the seventh time in his career. In the final, Kingsbury edged Australia’s Matt Graham by almost a point (89.82 to 88.90), while Swedish Olympic champion Walter Wallberg took third place (88.52).
First Frenchman, Benjamin Cavet took sixth place, last in the super final.