Lydia Lassila has retained her lead in the battle for the aerial skiing World Cup title, despite being eliminated in the qualifying round of the season’s fifth event in Deer Valley, Utah. With two events of the season to come following the cancellation of the Kiev World Cup, Lassila has a handy but not unbeatable lead in the battle for the crystal globe. She sits on 286 points, 45 points clear of Li on 241.