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Lassila and Wang win in Minsk as Qi takes World Cup series

BySportsbeat

Updated 25/02/2017 at 18:28 GMT

Lydia Lassila and Wang Xindi took top honours as the aerials World Cup moved on to Minsk for the penultimate round of action.

Lydia Lassila

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But while Wang took the win on the day, it was Qi Guangpu who took the biggest prize of the day, sealing the World Cup title with a second-place finish.
The Chinese man, who has finished first or second in all five of the events he has contested this season, now has a 132-point lead, with just one event left and a maximum of 100 points up for grabs.
On the day in Belarus it was Wang that got the win with a score of 118.14 for his back full, double full, full, while Qi was 0.95 points behind for his back double full, full, full.
And it was a China one-two-three as Zhou Hang finished third on 113.12 points for his triple somersaulting effort.
In the women's event the World Cup title remains up for grabs after Lassila, Olympic champion at Vancouver 2010, took the win with her back double full, full, scoring 97.64 points.
And her compatriot Danielle Scott made it an Australian one-two with a score of 94.47 for her attempt at the same jump, while China's Xu Mengtao got 91.29 for hers.
The win was Lassila's second of the season, but after missing the first two rounds of the campaign she sits third in the World Cup standings, on 254 points.
The title will be decided next weekend at the final event of the season as Scott and Xu go to Moscow separated by just two points, with the Aussie having the upper hand on 402.
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