The Pyrenean dominated the simple event of the world championships, this Saturday in Bakuriani in Georgia. It exceeds Edgar Grospiron, French legend of the discipline, which had been crowned by three times in 1991, 1993 and 1999.
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Perrine Laffont flew over competition. Saturday, February 25, the Frenchwoman won the title in ski skiing simple at the world championships organized in Bakuriani, in Georgia. In this discipline which consists of a timed descent on a track dotted with bumps and provided with two springboards, she signs a passage to 87.40 points, relegating her Dauphine of the day, the American Jaelin Kauf (83.56 points), medalist Silver at winter games 2022, at almost four points. The Austrian Avital Carroll, third (80.19 points), completes the podium.
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“I can’t believe it, it’s crazy, incredible,” said the Pyrenean, very moved at the microphone of the Chain L’Equipe.
“It was so hard since this start to the season and after the games [from Beijing, where she finished 4th]. Several times I told myself that I was going to stop but, like what, you should never Let go, because it pays after a while. “
aligned on the parallel test on Sunday
Olympic champion in 2018 in Pyeonchang (South Korea), she thus won her fourth world title after 2017 and 2019, in parallel bumps, and 2021 in simple bumps, exceeding the French legend of the discipline, Edgar Grospiron, in gold At the Worlds in 1991, 1993 and 1999. She will have the opportunity to seek a fifth title on Sunday in parallel, a discipline which will appear on the Olympic program in 2026 in Milan-Cortina (Italy).
In men, Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury, his 7