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Mikaël Kingsbury has once again etched his name into freestyle skiing history. The Canadian moguls legend secured his 99th career World Cup victory on Wednesday, March 12, winning the season-ending dual moguls event on the slopes of Livigno, Italy—the same course set to host the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games.
Kingsbury, 32, outdueled Japan’s Ikuma Horishima in the final, capping off a dominant season in which he claimed three Crystal Globes: the Overall Moguls title, the season Moguls title, and the Dual Moguls title. Sweden’s Filip Gravenfors took third place, defeating Team USA’s Dylan Walczyk in the small final.
The victory adds yet another milestone to Kingsbury’s storied career. Already the most decorated moguls skier in history, the Quebec native is now just one win away from reaching 100 World Cup victories—a feat no other freestyle skier has accomplished. This would make him and Mikaela Shiffrin the only currently active skiers to have broken the 100-victory marker. Shiffrin claimed her 100th World Cup victory last month in Sestriere, Italy.
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“It feels awesome,” Kingsbury said after the race. “I knew it was a good course for me. I like steeper courses, I’ve always done better in them. It’s pretty tiring when you ski finals, super finals, but I’m very happy—I felt that my skiing was getting better and better.”
The race had added significance as dual moguls will make its Olympic debut in 2026. Kingsbury, who has won Olympic Silver (2014, 2022) and Gold (2018) in the individual moguls event, is a strong contender for another medal when the event is introduced in Milan-Cortina. The defending Olympic champion from Beijing is Sweden’s Walter Wallberg.
With his 544-point total, Kingsbury easily claimed the season’s dual moguls title, finishing ahead of Horishima with 440 points and Gravenfors with 365 points. He also took home the Overall Mogul Crystal Globe with 1,299 points, 299 points ahead of Ikuma Horishima. He claimed the Mogul Globe the prior day. The three women’s Crystal Globes all went to Jaelin Kauf from Team USA.
In the women’s event, Australia’s Charlotte Wilson took the victory, followed by American Jaelin Kauf in second and France’s Perrine Laffont in third. It marked Wilson’s first career victory in her inaugural World Cup season. The prior day, Wilson had been awarded the Rookie of the Year trophy by FIS for her outstanding performance in the 2024-25 season.
Kingsbury made his World Cup debut in January 2010 and was named that season‘s FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year. This season marks his 16th World Cup season and the Quebecoise skier has been the most dominant mogul skier in history, claiming his first World Cup victory at only 18 and his first Crystal Globe at 19. In 2018, he earned his 47th World Cup victory, putting him ahead of 1992 Olympic Champion Donna Weinbrecht and 2010 Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney on the all-time moguls list.
While Kingsbury’s historic 100th victory will have to wait until next season, the milestone looms large as the World Cup circuit shifts focus to the 2025-26 season opener in Ruka, Finland. “We’re at 99 now,” Kingsbury said. “Too bad that was the last race of the season, but Ruka is coming up.” The 2025-26 season opener in Ruka will be held from November 29 to 30.
Next week, Kingsbury will have the chance to defend his World Championship titles in Engadin, Switzerland. The 32-year-old has won a total of eight World Championships and is the defending champion from Bakuriani, Georgia, in both single and dual moguls. In fact, Kingsbury has never missed the moguls podium at the FIS World Championships since his first FIS World Championships in 2011, where he was a double medallist, winning Bronze in Moguls and Silver in Dual Moguls.
