The day after her coronation in singles, Perrine Laffont became world champion in mogul skiing for the fifth time in her career by winning the parallel title on Sunday in Bakuriani (Georgia).
The Frenchwoman achieves this double for the first time in her career, after winning world gold in parallel in 2017 and 2019 and in singles in 2021. With five planetary titles, she becomes at 24 the most successful mogul skier in history ahead of Canadian Jennifer Heil and Norwegian Kari Traa, who won gold four times.
“I can’t believe it, doing the double at the World Championships is something you can dream of when you’re an athlete and a mogul skier. It’s awesome ! “Commented Laffont after the final. “It’s hard to believe it, because it’s so much work. A big thank you to my team, my partners, and all those who work with me, without them I would not have succeeded. It’s crazy ! “, she added.
Back to the top
The 24-year-old Pyrenean found the physical resources necessary to chain four passages on the bumps of the Georgian station. She easily dominated Finland’s Riikka Voutilainen in the eighth, Britain’s Makayla Gerken Schofield in the quarter and Austria’s Avital Carroll in the semi-finals.
In the final, she found the American Jaelin Kauf, vice-world champion in singles on Saturday, and Olympic vice-champion in singles in Zhangjiakou (China) a year ago. The two skiers had faced each other in February in Deer Valley (United States) in the World Cup and Laffont had taken the best. She once again dominated Kauf, to clinch the gold. The bronze medal went to Carroll, completing an identical podium to Saturday’s single mogul event.
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.