After a month-long hiatus from World Cup competitors, the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team moguls shined immediately in sunny Almaty, Kazakhstan, on the Single Moguls World Cup Finals. Ali Makuga took second place, the primary podium of his moguls profession, and Hannah Soar took third place.
It was a picturesque day in Almaty, referred to as the middle of freestyle snowboarding in Central Asia. The place to begin is over 9,000 ft in elevation, making it the very best begin of any World Cup moguls occasion on the circuit.
The United States had a superb efficiency within the preliminary spherical, with all seven girls and 4 males advancing to the finals. In the finals, Jaelyn Kauf, Ali Makuga, Olivia Giaccio, and Hannah Soar had strong runs and superior to Round 6 of the Super Finals. Just above Bubbles, latest NorAm Cup general winner Casey Hogg completed eighth, adopted by Liz Lemley in ninth and Tess Johnson in 14th.
The Women’s Super Final was a detailed affair, with three American athletes holding onto the rostrum till the ultimate competitor, World Cup Overall Moguls Crystal Globe winner Jakara Anthony. With her win immediately, Anthony broke US moguls legend Hannah Carney’s file for many World Cup wins in a single season, taking her whole to 13.
Makuga achieved a brand new private finest in second place, incomes him his first podium in a World Cup particular person moguls occasion. Makuga, the 2022-23 FIS Rookie of the Year, had a powerful 2023-24, incomes his first profession podium within the Alpe d’Huez Dual Moguls earlier this season. Just behind Makuga, Soa completed third, taking his third podium of the season. Kauf completed 4th, adopted by Giaccio in sixth, simply shy of ending on the rostrum.
The workforce will compete Saturday in one of many two remaining twin moguls occasions of the season. Watch the motion dwell on March 8 at 3:30 a.m. ET on skiandsnowboard.dwell.
outcome
lady
male