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2024.02.18 14:55 GMT+8

Gu Ailing lifts FIS Freeski World Cup halfpipe Crystal Globe with back-to-back wins at Calgary

Updated 2024.02.18 14:55 GMT+8
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Gu Ailing celebrates her win in the FIS World Cup freeski halfpipe final and winning the season title in Calgary, Canada, Febraury 17, 2024. /CFP

China's double Olympic champion Gu Ailing lifted the Crystal Globe on Saturday after winning back-to-back at the final leg of this season's FIS Freeski World Cup in Calgary, Canada.

With 94.25 points that secured her second win within 48 hours, Gu upped her game in the following attempts, clinching 95.25 and a stunning 97.00, followed by Britain's Zoe Atkin with 92.00, and Svea Irving of the U.S. with 90.25.

The win marked her eighth title at Calgary, which also lifted her total number of freeski World Cup wins to a record-extending 14 since she first won in 2021 and earned her a third Crystal Globe, the season-ending overall title, in the halfpipe event.

Gu, 20, won the X Games at Aspen in late January after accidentally injuring herself in training, adding a third gold to her collection at the event in addition to a big air bronze. 

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