The second Aerial Skiing FIS World Cup of the season was held at the 2022 Olympic venue in Secret Garden, China, where Australia narrowly missed out on a medal despite an outstanding performance, with three VIS athletes reaching the top-six super final and an impressive fourth-place finish in the mixed team event.
In Saturday’s individual event qualification, Laura Peel (5th), Abbey Willcox (8th), and Danielle Scott (11th) all advanced to the finals.
During the first round of finals, all three Australian women progressed to the top-six medal round, led by Peel in third with a score of 86.19 for her lay-full-full triple back somersault. Scott followed in fourth with 85.05 for her full-full double back somersault, while Willcox secured sixth place with 83.16 performing the same jump.
In the medal round, Peel and Scott both raised their degree of difficulty. Peel executed a full-full-full triple twisting triple back somersault to finish fourth with a score of 90.58. Willcox performed a lay-full to place fifth on 73.08, while Scott attempted a double full-full but was unable to land cleanly, finishing sixth with 55.34.
China took the top three spots on the women’s podium with Fanyu Kong taking gold on 102.17 points, Meiting Chen earning silver with 97.45, and Mengtao Xu claiming bronze on 87.02.
Missing finals for Australis were Sidney Stephens in 15th place, Airleigh Frigo in 21st and Reilly Flanagan was 30th in the men’s event
Australia Fourth in Mixed Team Event
On Sunday the mixed team event took place, which combines the scores of three athletes, Australia was the only nation to field a team with two females, as male jumpers on average perform higher degree of difficulty with bigger scores, it makes the Australian performance even more impressive.
In the opening round, Australia advanced to the top four final in third place, with a combined score 273.60 points, lead by Peel with a huge score of 117.62 points for her full-full-full, with Scott scoring 94.11 for her double full-full, and Flanagan 79.06 for his full-full.
In the medal round, Australia finished fourth on 239.56, led by Peel again with a score of 83.71 for her full-full-full, Flanagan 82.53 for his full-full, and Scott 73.32 for her double full-full.
The top two places went to China, with China 1 scoring 315.35, China 2 308.49 and the Usa rounding out the podium in third with 267.41.
The World cup tour will move to North America in the New Year, with a double event in Lac-Beauport, Canada, on January 6 and 7.
In Saturday’s individual event qualification, Laura Peel (5th), Abbey Willcox (8th), and Danielle Scott (11th) all advanced to the finals.
During the first round of finals, all three Australian women progressed to the top-six medal round, led by Peel in third with a score of 86.19 for her lay-full-full triple back somersault. Scott followed in fourth with 85.05 for her full-full double back somersault, while Willcox secured sixth place with 83.16 performing the same jump.
In the medal round, Peel and Scott both raised their degree of difficulty. Peel executed a full-full-full triple twisting triple back somersault to finish fourth with a score of 90.58. Willcox performed a lay-full to place fifth on 73.08, while Scott attempted a double full-full but was unable to land cleanly, finishing sixth with 55.34.
China took the top three spots on the women’s podium with Fanyu Kong taking gold on 102.17 points, Meiting Chen earning silver with 97.45, and Mengtao Xu claiming bronze on 87.02.
Missing finals for Australis were Sidney Stephens in 15th place, Airleigh Frigo in 21st and Reilly Flanagan was 30th in the men’s event
Australia Fourth in Mixed Team Event
On Sunday the mixed team event took place, which combines the scores of three athletes, Australia was the only nation to field a team with two females, as male jumpers on average perform higher degree of difficulty with bigger scores, it makes the Australian performance even more impressive.
In the opening round, Australia advanced to the top four final in third place, with a combined score 273.60 points, lead by Peel with a huge score of 117.62 points for her full-full-full, with Scott scoring 94.11 for her double full-full, and Flanagan 79.06 for his full-full.
In the medal round, Australia finished fourth on 239.56, led by Peel again with a score of 83.71 for her full-full-full, Flanagan 82.53 for his full-full, and Scott 73.32 for her double full-full.
The top two places went to China, with China 1 scoring 315.35, China 2 308.49 and the Usa rounding out the podium in third with 267.41.
The World cup tour will move to North America in the New Year, with a double event in Lac-Beauport, Canada, on January 6 and 7.
Update from Laura Peel, click to see Instagram post which includes her huge Full-Full-Full
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