Australia’s world number one aerial skier Laura Peel has won her fourth World Cup medal of the season, taking silver under lights at the Raubichi (Minsk) jump site in Belarus.

The 31-year-old World Champion from Canberra placed fourth in the qualification round before stepping it up in the first round of finals jumping her signature triple back somersaults to advance to the medal round in first place.

Peel was one of two female jumpers to perform a triple somersault in the medal round, scoring 89.04 points with her full-tuck-full jump narrowly missing out on victory by the small margin of 0.84 points.

Taking the win was Megan Nick of the USA with 89.88 points, with her American teammate Winter Vinecki in third place with 88.12 points.

"Happy to take silver after a tough week of training", Peel posted after the event.

In the aerial skiing World Cup standings, Peel has increased her lead as number one in the world with 370 points after five competitions. Winter Vinecki is in second place with 263 points Megan Nick in third place with 238 points.

The aerial skiing World Cup tour will now head to Deer Valley, UT, USA, for the next round of competition on the prestigious 2002 Olympic course.

It was another successful event  for VIS world number one Laura Peel at the World Cup aerial skiing event in Moscow, Russia, narrowly missing the win with a silver medal under lights for her third medal of the season.
 
The 31-year-old World Champion from Canberra placed first in both the qualification and first round of finals at the spectacular scaffold venue.
 
Peel was the only female to perform triple somersault in the medal round, scoring 92.72 points with her newest triple twisting triple somersault (Full-Full-Full) jump which was extremely unlucky not to score higher.
 
Taking the win was American Winter Vinecki with 94.11 points, with Marion Thenault of Canada in third place with 90.59
 
“I am making progress, very happy to have landed my first Full-Full-Full in competition”, Peel said after the event.
 
In the aerial skiing World Cup standings Peel maintained the world number one yellow leader’s bib on top of the field with a 290 points after four competitions. With her victory in Moscow, Winter Vinecki moves into second place with 203 points, with her American teammate Ashley Caldwell in third place with 190 points.
 
Peel will be back in action next weekend competing in another night time city event in Minsk, Belarus, on January 30.
 
IMAGE: Laura Peel soaring high above Moscow © FIS

It was another golden performance for Australia’s Laura Peel overnight at the World Cup aerial skiing event in Yaroslavl, Russia, under lights taking victory for the second consecutive time this season.
 
The 31 year old World Champion from Canberra was the only female to perform triple somersault in the medal round, scoring 96.59 points with her full-tuck-full jump.
 
“I competed in my first ever World Cup 10 years ago today and celebrated the occasion with a win in Yaroslavl today”, Peel said after claiming the sixth World Cup victory of her career.
 
“It has been one hell of a ride, and we get to do it all again tomorrow.”
Behind Peel on the podium was American Ashley Caldwell (96.23) in second and Liubov Nikitina of Russia (93.41) in third.
 
Peels teammate Abbey Willcox qualified for finals in eighth place but was unable to take part after crashing her last jump in finals training and injuring her knee.
 
In the aerial skiing World Cup standings Peel maintained the world number one yellow leader’s bib on top of the field with a perfect 200 points after two competitions. Emma Weiss of Germany sits in second place with 109 points, with Ashley Caldwell in third place with 100 points.
 
Peel will be back in action tomorrow competing in the second World Cup event in Yaroslavl.