The finals of the 2024 - 2025 FIS Freestyle Skiing Moguls World Cup in Beidahu were held on February 21. Yukima Horishima of Japan and Jaelin Kauf of the United States won the men's and women's championships respectively.
More than 70 athletes from 15 countries and regions participated in the competition. The track was 698 meters long with a vertical drop of 216 meters. To adapt to the track and achieve good results, the participating athletes carried out two - consecutive - day high - intensity training.
This event is very popular in North America and Europe. Athletes need to complete continuous turns on a steep slope full of moguls and perform two aerial tricks including flips and spins, which requires high levels of strength, rhythm control and stability.
The competition on that day was extremely fierce. The athletes started in order and continuously adjusted their movements on the track to precisely control the direction of their skis. Every time they took off from the ramp, it would draw cheers from the on - site audience. After the preliminaries, 16 athletes from each of the men's and women's groups advanced to the finals.
In the men's final, Yukima Horishima, a Japanese star who won the bronze medal in this event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, performed excellently and won the championship with high - difficulty aerial moves. Jaelin Kauf of the United States, who has participated in the Winter Olympics twice, won the women's championship.
Michael Kingsbury of Canada finished second in the men's group, and Philip Grevenfels of Sweden took third place. French star Perrine Laffont came second in the women's group, and Olivia Giaccio of the United States won the third place.
The doubles final of this event will be held on February 22.