You will have a noticeable absence from yearly World Cup end: United states moguls legend Hannah Kearney retired in 2015 during the chronilogical age of 29 after an advertising career that featured 46 World Cup gains, 71 podiums, 10 World Cup titles, three World Championship gold medals and two Olympic medals, including a silver within 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Thursday early morning functions guys's and ladies aerials qualifiers and finals, that will act as a prelude to the males's and women's mogul finals that evening.
Without Kearney, the U.S. would be seeking to Mikaela Matthews, the 24-year-old who's placed #3 on World Cup circuit behind Canadian siblings Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Justine Dufour-Lapointe, the reigning ladies' Olympic winner in moguls.
K.C. Oakley, who defeated both Dufour-Lapointe sisters last year at Deer Valley, has gone out while dealing with a straight back break and thumb surgery.
Mikael Kingsbury of Canada has actually ruled the males's area at Deer Valley in recent years and remains atop the mogul World Cup circuit proceeding into Thursday night of event.
American Ashley Caldwell headlines the aerials. The 22-year-old is rated # 1 on World Cup trip in females's aerials. Caldwell won the 2015 occasion at Deer Valley. Her and fellow jumper Kiley McKinnon became initial U.S. duo to place 1-2 on a World Cup podium since 1989.
The U.S. Grand Prix is within its twentieth season, the longest-running domestic competition linked to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.
Park City resident Maddie Bowman, a silver medalist during the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, recently won her fourth consecutive X Games silver medal in females's SuperPipe on Jan. 29. She headlines the women's ski halfpipe last alongside Olympic gold medalist Devin Logan.
Fifteen-year-old Chloe Kim of Los Angeles Palma, Calif., won the girl second-straight X Games gold medal in females's SuperPipe at last week's X Games. Fellow United states Arielle Gold finished second with a silver. Matt Ladley of Steamboat Springs, Colo., won X Games gold inside males's SuperPipe.
IMMEDIATELY
VISA Freestyle International World Cup
At Deer Valley, Park City
Thursday » Men’s aerial finals, 10:20 to 10:40 a.m., women’s aerial finals, 1 to 1:20 p.m., men’s and women’s mogul finals, 7 to 8 p.m.
Friday » Men’s and women’s aerial finals, 8 to 8:50 p.m.
Isabel Suarez