Hiroshima and Cox take Moguls gold

BySportsbeat

Published 08/03/2017 at 18:46 GMT

Ikuma Hiroshima claimed men's moguls gold at the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships, holding off France's Benjamin Cavet in Spain.

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The Japanese star scored 88.54 points in Sierra Nevada, just beating Cavet who took silver with 87.11.

Canadian Mikael Kingsbury completed the podium by securing bronze with 82.85, although he had to work hard to see off Swiss star Marco Tade – who finished 0.21 behind.

USA's Bradley Wilson rounded off the top five but couldn't mount a late medal charge, as he scored 80.56.

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In the women's competition, Australia's Britteny Cox took home the gold as she stormed to victory in 80.23.

Reigning Olympic champion and defending world champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe was forced to settle for silver, while her sister Chloe won bronze with 76.80 – 1.58 points behind.

Norway's Hedwig Wessel finished fourth, ahead of 18-year-old French star Perrine Laffont.

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