Perrine Laffont back at the top! The Frenchwoman, who was left with a big disappointment at the last Olympics, became world champion in single mogul skiing on Saturday afternoon in Bakuriani (Georgia), thus winning her fourth world title after 2017 and 2019 in parallel moguls, and 2021 in single moguls.
” Pressure “
Saturday in the final, Perrine Laffont, Olympic champion in 2018 in Pyeonchang (South Korea), flew over the competition, with a passage to 87.40 points, almost four points ahead of the American Jealin Kauf (83, 56), Olympic vice-champion 2022, and the Austrian Avital Carroll (80.19).
“It was such a tough day, because you know, you feel the pressure. It was long, but I did it. Now the pressure I know how to handle. I just have to ski, that’s all,” commented Perrine Laffont. The wait in the arrivals area lasted a few seconds, before her note appeared and she let out her joy.
A year after the disappointment of the Olympics, where she only took fourth place, the native of Lavelanet confirms that she is indeed back at the top. First after qualifying, she also achieved the best score in the first run of the super final. Jakara Anthony completely missed out on the first heat of the Final, taking 17th and penultimate place.
The Frenchwoman will have the opportunity to seek a fifth world title on Sunday in parallel moguls, a discipline which will make its appearance on the Olympic program in 2026 in Milan-Cortina (Italy). Laffont thus climbs to the top step of a podium in four different editions of the world championships, overtaking the French legend of the discipline, Edgar Grospiron, in gold at the Worlds in 1991, 1993, and 1999.