Jacqui Cooper and Bree Munro have made it into the 12-woman final of the aerial skiing World Cup in Cypress Mountain, Canada. But World Cup leader Lydia Lassila has missed out, finishing in 17th place after missing the landing on her second qualifying jump.
Jacqui Cooper and Bree Munro have made it into the 12-woman final of the aerial skiing World Cup in Cypress Mountain, Canada.
But World Cup leader Lydia Lassila has missed out, finishing in 17th place after missing the landing on her second qualifying jump.
Competing on the Vancouver Olympic course high above the 2010 Games host city, Cooper led the first round of qualifying, landing her triple twisting triple somersault for a score of 103.47 points.
Chinese jumper Xinxin Guo was in second place on 102.79 points, while Torino 2006 Olympic champion Evelyn Leu was third on 102.60 points.
Cooper’s AIS team-mate Lassila, reverted to a triple twisting double somersault on her opening jump, and seemed somewhat unlucky to receive only 91.82 points for tenth place.
In the second round of qualifying jumps, Cooper failed to land her double twisting triple somersault cleanly, dropping to seventh place overall on 176.43 points.
Lassila missed a place in the final altogether, crashing on the landing of her second triple twisting double somersault to drop back to 17th place overall on 153.33 points.
Munro joined Cooper in the final 12 successfully putting down a double twisting double for 174.05 points overall and eighth place.
The other two Australians in the field, Liz Gardner and Denita Mudge, finished in 19th place and 26th respectively.
Guo topped the final qualifying list on 200.81 points, with Chinese steam-mates also filling the next three positions.
The two round final of the event will be held tomorrow morning Australian time, with points from qualifying not counting towards the overall result.
