Alisa Camplin has reinforced her place on top of the World Cup aerial skiing standings after winning her second straight event in Mont Tremblant, Canada.
Alisa Camplin has reinforced her place on top of the World Cup aerial skiing standings after winning her second straight event in Mont Tremblant, Canada.
The reigning World Cup champion scored 201.46 points to defeat Chinese skier Nina Li by a massive seventeen points, with Canadian Deidra Dionne in third place.
Camplin led the field after the first round, with Chinese Nannan Xu in second place and Flying Kangaroos team-mate Lydia Ierodiaconou in third.
While Xu faltered on her second jump and Ierodiaconou failed to hold the landing on her second effort, Camplin reeled off her second 100 point-plus triple twisting double somersault for the competition to claim the gold medal.
It was her second consecutive World Cup win for the season, the second in two years at Tremblant and the fifth of her career.
Ierodiaconou finished in fifth place and Liz Gardner in seventh place.
“It was a very tough competition,” Camplin said.
“We were training with a headwind all week, and today it turned around to a variable tail wind, so it was a big switch.”
“We’ve had a hard, long few weeks of training, and I had to work really hard to keep my concentration.”
“I’ve been jumping very well in training, but there’s a lot of pressure to win. It gets harder all the time”
Former Olympic gymnast Trudy McIntosh, making her World Cup debut, finished in 19th position, displaying excellent form in the air, but failing to stick her landing.
The fifth member of the Olympic Winter Institute team Lainie Cole finished in 23rd place.
The victory stretches Camplin’s lead on the World Cup season standings, her 289 points, putting her 79 points clear of Ierodiaconou, with Xu more than 100 points behind on 189 points.
The World Cup continues next weekend with two events in Lake Placid, New York.
The reigning World Cup champion scored 201.46 points to defeat Chinese skier Nina Li by a massive seventeen points, with Canadian Deidra Dionne in third place.
Camplin led the field after the first round, with Chinese Nannan Xu in second place and Flying Kangaroos team-mate Lydia Ierodiaconou in third.
While Xu faltered on her second jump and Ierodiaconou failed to hold the landing on her second effort, Camplin reeled off her second 100 point-plus triple twisting double somersault for the competition to claim the gold medal.
It was her second consecutive World Cup win for the season, the second in two years at Tremblant and the fifth of her career.
Ierodiaconou finished in fifth place and Liz Gardner in seventh place.
“It was a very tough competition,” Camplin said.
“We were training with a headwind all week, and today it turned around to a variable tail wind, so it was a big switch.”
“We’ve had a hard, long few weeks of training, and I had to work really hard to keep my concentration.”
“I’ve been jumping very well in training, but there’s a lot of pressure to win. It gets harder all the time”
Former Olympic gymnast Trudy McIntosh, making her World Cup debut, finished in 19th position, displaying excellent form in the air, but failing to stick her landing.
The fifth member of the Olympic Winter Institute team Lainie Cole finished in 23rd place.
The victory stretches Camplin’s lead on the World Cup season standings, her 289 points, putting her 79 points clear of Ierodiaconou, with Xu more than 100 points behind on 189 points.
The World Cup continues next weekend with two events in Lake Placid, New York.
