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Swedish flavor start – Wallberg second

The reigning Olympic gold medalist Walter Wallberg got a taste of the mogul season when he finished second in the World Cup premiere in Finnish Ruka.

» Published: 30 November 2024

Swedish flavor start – Wallberg second
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"It feels completely fantastic, it has been a very long preseason. I have fought hard to come back from the knee injury I had", he says according to a press release from the Ski Association.

Wallberg clenched his fist and burst out in a "Yes!" when the judges gave 81.14 points and sent the Swede into the lead in the super final. The problem was that one skier remained: the superstar Mikaël Kingsbury.

And the Canadian delivered, was awarded 83.90 points, and took home the first World Cup competition of the season. Japanese Ikuma Horishima became third.

Three more Swedes made it to the final – Rasmus Stegfeldt, Robin Olgård and Filip Gravenfors – but none of them managed to qualify for the super final, where the top six compete for the podium places.

The World Cup in mogul skiing continues next week in Idre.

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