MOGULS:

Back-to-back: Heil, Begg-Smith win again in Calgary

Jan. 9, 2010 — The Canadian Press      

►Photos: Jennifer Heil and Dale Begg-Smith, above; Alexandre Bilodeau, below; Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, bottom; (Mike Ridewood, CFSA)

CALGARY, Alberta — The crowd wanted an encore — and Jennifer Heil delivered.

The Spruce Grove, Alberta, athlete dominated the field Saturday night at a World Cup moguls event, earning her second win in as many nights and seizing control of the overall standings.

Heil, the defending Olympic champion, made the challenging Canada Olympic Park course look like a beginner hill, carving through the steep middle section with ease. She finished with whopping 24.96 points, outdistancing runner-up Aiko Uemura of Japan (24.03) for her 22nd career World Cup victory.

Nikola Sudova of the Czech Republic was third with 23.90.

Alexandre Bilodeau of Rosemere, Que., added to Canada's strong weekend, capturing second place in the men's event. Bilodeau, who lost a ski en route to a 16th-place finish in Friday's final, finished with 24.70 points Saturday, second to Australia's Dale Begg-Smith (25.25). Russia's Alexandr Smyshlyaev placed third in 24.48.

Heil suggested after Friday's victory that she still had plenty to work on. She has already qualified for the Olympics, leaving her free to tinker with her performance in the weeks leading into the Olympics.

Whatever she tried to fix Saturday worked to near-perfection.

"I left a few holes in my performance last night," said Heil. "When I went home and looked at it on video, I really saw that, so my goal was to kind of close those holes.

"The course allowed me to do it pretty easily. The snow was very soft, so it was probably the easiest it's been all week."
A few of her teammates might disagree.

Montreal's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe suffered a spectacular spill after losing control and hitting the second jump off-balance. She landed hard and appeared winded before continuing down the course on her own power, finishing 15th in 5.74.

Her crash came moments after Emiko Torito of the U.S. had similar trouble staying balanced at the bottom jump and landed with a thud, sending both ski poles flying.

Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau of Drummondville, Que., didn't crash — he actually finished 10th in 22.58. But after his run, Rousseau admitted he was just trying to stay on his skis — a sensible goal, considering he's still in the mix for an Olympic berth.

"This is very important for me," said Rousseau. "I didn't go for the win today ... I wanted to make sure that I was standing on my feet and having perfect turns all the way down, and make sure I have a good score for my qualification.

"Usually I try to win, but today, I was full on the brakes. It was the safest I could go down."

Bilodeau, last year's overall World Cup champion, also made a conservative run — and it cost him the victory. Begg-Smith tore down the course to earn his second straight win, vaulting him into the overall World Cup lead.

"I'm not in my comfort zone on that kind of course," said Bilodeau, who sits third in the overall standings. "I need to slow down before the steep section, and for me, it's something that's really hard.

"When I'm comfortable, I'm 110 percent out, and you can't do that on this course, or else it's a gamble. And Dale did it."

In other women's action, Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City finished eighth in 22.00, while Maxime Dufour-Lapointe was 11th in 20.68 and Vancouver's Sylvia Kerfoot placed 14th in 12.22.

On the men's side, Maxime Gingras of St-Hippolyte, Que., wound up eighth in 23.27, while West Vancouver's Warren Tanner finished 12th in 22.31.

Kristi Richards of Pemberton, B.C., who came into Saturday as the overall World Cup leader, struggled during her qualifying run and failed to reach the final. Richards, who was first and second at the season-opening event in Suomo, Finland, last month, fell to second in the overall standings.  SRC

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Calgary women's World Cup moguls No. 2 results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Result	Level	Points
1	2	2275744	HEIL Jennifer	1983	CAN	24.94		1000.00
2	6	2175252	UEMURA Aiko	1979	JPN	24.03		800.00
3	4	2267596	SUDOVA Nikola	1982	CZE	23.90		600.00
4	5	2364117	MCPHIE Heather	1984	USA	23.69		500.00
5	10	2175640	ROBERTSON Shelly	1979	USA	23.30		450.00
6	11	2175543	BAHRKE Shannon	1980	USA	22.73		400.00
7	24	2360722	SCANZIO Deborah	1986	ITA	22.40		360.00
8	18	2329677	ROBICHAUD Audrey	1988	CAN	22.00		320.00
9	16	2397097	ITO Miki	1987	JPN	21.07		290.00
10	30	2484307	GALYSHEVA Yulia	1992	KAZ	20.77		260.00
11	23	2476152	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime	1989	CAN	20.68		240.00
12	34	2525906	SEO Jung-Hwa	1990	KOR	20.08		220.00
13	7	2197853	MARBLER Margarita	1975	AUT	16.01		200.00
14	19	2175155	KERFOOT Sylvia	1977	CAN	12.22		180.00
15	9	2484720	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe	1991	CAN	5.74		160.00
16	8	2266044	TORITO Emiko	1982	USA	4.56		150.00
17	13	2481681	STOLYAROVA Ekaterina	1988	RUS	18.51		140.00
18	43	2339668	FOERSTER Katharina	1988	GER	18.48		130.00
19	31	2419989	KAFFKA Marina	1987	GER	18.42		120.00
20	12	2069813	ROARK Michelle	1974	USA	18.33		110.00
21	40	2526325	GUNCHENKO Anastassia	1991	RUS	18.33		100.00
22	29	2439983	RODIONOVA Yuliya	1990	KAZ	18.23		90.00
23	39	2485171	KRAUS Constanze	1990	GER	18.22		80.00
24	22	2044884	CHERKASOVA Marina	1972	RUS	18.11		70.00
25	15	2484304	RYBALOVA Darya	1988	KAZ	17.38		60.00
26	32	2481584	MURATOVA Elena	1986	RUS	17.02		50.00
27	25	2277878	SEROVA Daria	1982	RUS	14.71		45.00
28	1	2304360	RICHARDS Kristi	1981	CAN	13.28		40.00
29	33	2340250	BEDNARIK Nina	1982	SLO	13.14		36.00
30	20	2485019	RAKHIMOVA Regina	1985	RUS	13.00		32.00
31	21	2484830	MURATA Arisa	1990	JPN	12.87		28.00
32	38	2358588	SUDOVA Sarka	1986	CZE	12.20		26.00
33	14	2329386	OUTTRIM Eliza	1985	USA	11.00		24.00
34	45	2526185	HENNINGSEN Maj-Beldring	1981	DAN	10.08		22.00
35	36	2485294	KOYANDER Ellie	1991	GBR	10.08		20.00
36	3	2328513	KEARNEY Hannah	1986	USA	9.74		19.70
37	41	2373041	SANTA-OLALLA Reyes	1984	SPA	9.10		19.40
38	26	2484380	BUMANN Nicole	1986	SUI	6.32		19.10
39	35	2527561	LI Nan	1992	CHN	5.03		18.80
40	28	2526184	VACULIKOVA Tereza	1992	CZE	4.14		0.00
41	44	2379346	HENITIUK Chelsea	1987	CAN	3.64		0.00
42	42	2527560	NING Qin	1992	CHN	3.20		0.00
43	37	2399522	BROWN Jackie	1986	CAN	2.70		0.00
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		2034796	SATOYA Tae	1976	JPN

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Calgary men's World Cup moguls No. 2 results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Result	Level	Points
1	2	2271961	BEGG-SMITH Dale	1985	AUS	25.25		1000.00
2	4	2426100	BILODEAU Alexandre	1987	CAN	24.70		800.00
3	8	2482457	SMYSHLYAEV Alexandr	1987	RUS	24.42		600.00
4	9	2469168	REIHERD Dmitriy	1989	KAZ	23.68		500.00
5	36	2407670	BENNA Anthony	1987	FRA	23.67		450.00
6	15	2337049	COLAS Guilbaut	1983	FRA	23.52		400.00
7	1	2406797	BJOERNLUND Jesper	1985	SWE	23.41		360.00
8	23	2371877	GINGRAS Maxime	1984	CAN	23.27		320.00
9	46	2382838	DENEEN Patrick	1987	USA	23.14		290.00
10	20	2183982	ROUSSEAU Pierre-Alexandre	1979	CAN	22.58		260.00
11	16	2417855	KASHIMA Sho	1986	USA	22.40		240.00
12	47	2269924	TANNER Warren	1980	CAN	22.31		220.00
13	25	2278169	LUUSUA Tapio	1981	FIN	21.80		200.00
14	19	2407573	VOLKOV Andrey	1986	RUS	21.53		180.00
15	52	2082714	RONKAINEN Mikko	1978	FIN	11.95		160.00
16	3	2471302	WILSON Bryon	1988	USA	10.77		150.00
17	37	2413781	BURILLE Arnaud	1988	FRA	21.38		140.00
18	5	2270312	MORSE Michael	1981	USA	21.32		130.00
19	38	2430271	KYLLOENEN Harri	1988	FIN	21.17		120.00
20	51	2397776	NISHI Nobuyuki	1985	JPN	21.08		110.00
21	17	2484682	KIRAMO Arttu	1990	FIN	21.02		100.00
22	13	2484730	MARQUIS Philippe	1989	CAN	20.94		90.00
23	29	2484861	ENDO Sho	1990	JPN	20.80		80.00
24	33	2354223	OCHS Pierre	1984	FRA	20.41		70.00
25	12	2397485	OZAKI Kai	1987	JPN	20.38		60.00
26	11	2369161	DOLGODVOROV Denis	1982	RUS	20.34		50.00
27	18	2345104	COOPER Ramone	1988	AUS	20.08		45.00
28	41	2407379	VACULIK Lukas	1986	CZE	20.04		40.00
29	50	2484106	HICKS Eddie	1988	CAN	19.92		36.00
30	57	2296600	BABIC David	1979	USA	19.77		32.00
31	30	2407185	MATIZ Giacomo	1986	ITA	19.68		28.00
32	42	2318134	HALL Sam	1988	AUS	19.65		26.00
33	53	2526124	SEO Myung-joon	1992	KOR	19.28		24.00
34	31	2312411	DAUNFELDT Olle	1983	SWE	19.25		22.00
35	34	2484563	BYKACHEV Pavel	1986	RUS	19.19		20.00
36	6	2361498	MARQUIS Vincent	1984	CAN	19.18		19.70
37	58	2291168	WONG Chris	1981	CAN	18.72		19.40
38	26	2527469	CHOI Jae-Woo	1994	KOR	18.46		19.10
39	10	2070783	TSUKITA Yugo	1976	JPN	17.49		18.80
40	48	2484758	SLATTEN Vinjar	1990	NOR	17.30		18.50
41	40	2484309	SOKOLOV Andrey	1992	KAZ	16.66		18.20
42	55	2484301	CHO Woo-Hyun	1991	KOR	16.47		17.90
43	28	2420959	GERMAN Nejc	1991	SLO	16.20		17.60
44	39	2485295	LONGLEY Andrew	1990	GBR	14.56		17.30
45	22	2482554	VOLKOV Sergey	1987	RUS	13.45		17.00
46	35	2439985	BARMASHOV Dmitriy	1985	KAZ	12.48		16.70
47	56	2484677	ROCHON Cedric	1990	CAN	12.46		16.40
48	21	2475958	JACQUES-DAGENAIS Renaud	1987	CAN	12.32		16.10
49	54	2288064	STARK Christoph	1980	GER	10.81		15.80
50	14	2406506	SPETT Per	1985	SWE	9.48		15.50
51	32	2485276	NAVILLOD Mathieu	1989	FRA	6.41		15.20
52	7	2297279	ROBERTS Nathan	1982	USA	4.96		14.90
53	27	2340929	NOVAK Vaclav	1987	CZE	3.08		14.60
54	59	2484937	KINGSBURY Mikael	1992	CAN	3.08		14.30
55	24	2286512	BLOECHL Gerhard	1981	GER	2.34		0.00
56	49	2485300	GUMMESSON Adam	1989	SWE	0.00		0.00
56	45	2526312	ANDERSEN Tevje-Lie	1991	NOR	0.00		0.00
56	44	2414169	FRANCILLON Baptiste	1983	FRA	0.00		0.00
56	43	2396903	ANTONAKAKIS Tryfonas	1983	GRE	0.00		0.00