Third crystal ball cleared
Gremaud writes freestyle history
Mathilde Gremaud has to admit defeat in slopestyle for the first time this World Cup winter, but the Swiss is already confirmed as the discipline winner.
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Cleans up: Mathilde Gremaud. (archive image)
One day after her success in Big Air, Mathilde Gremaud was only beaten by Frenchwoman Tess Ledeux in slopestyle at the Ski Freestyle World Cup in Tignes. The Freiburg native also wins the little crystal ball in this discipline.
Gremaud has won a complete set of medals at the Olympic Games. A year ago she became world champion in slopestyle. Before this season, however, a crystal ball was still missing from the 24-year-old’s palm. This changes her in an impressive way. After taking second place in slopestyle on Saturday, she is the first freestyler ever to win three crystal globes in one winter.
Big crystal ball for sure since Friday
Although there will still be a slopestyle competition in Silvaplana on March 24th, she can no longer be pushed out of the top spot in the discipline rankings. She already had the big crystal ball after her success on Friday in Big Air. With six victories this season, a record in the World Cup for ski freestylers – even a man had never achieved this before – she achieved the maximum number of points. Because more than six competitions are not counted.
A small downside is that after three victories, Gremaud is not on the top podium in slopestyle for the first time this World Cup season. After an unsuccessful first run, she still improved from 8th to 2nd place. However, she cannot come close to Tess Ledeux’s 80.43 points, she recorded 75.56 points. Sarah Höfflin from Geneva (70.35) takes 4th place (SDA)
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