It was another golden performance for Australia’s Laura Peel at the first Yaroslavl Aerial Skiing World Cup event in Russia on Saturday, taking victory for the second consecutive time this season.
The 31-year-old World Champion from Canberra was the only female to perform a triple somersault in the medal round, scoring 96.59 points with her full-tuck-full jump.
“I competed in my first ever World Cup 10 years ago today and celebrated the occasion with a win in Yaroslavl today,” Peel said after claiming the sixth World Cup victory of her career.
Behind Peel on the podium was American Ashley Caldwell (96.23) in second and Liubov Nikitina of Russia (93.41) in third.
Peel was back in action the following day at the second Yaroslavl World Cup, in the one-round format individual event.
Unfortunately Peel crashed on her full-full-full attempt, placing 21st. However she remains in the yellow leaders bib on top of the Women's Aerials standing with 210 points, with the U.S. duo of Kaila Kuhn and Ashley Caldwell following behind in second and third with 146 and 145 points, respectively
The next Aerials World Cup is scheduled for 23 January in Moscow, Russia.
OWIA / Olympics.com.au
