Australia’s beautiful season on snow has continued within the USA, as Danielle Scott claimed yet one more gold medal on the FIS World Cup circuit at Deer Valley.
Key factors:
Danielle Scott claimed her second World Cup aerials win of the seasonScott is the general World Cup chief with two rounds to go in MarchScott’s gold follows wins for Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham in moguls on yesterday’s competitors
Scott landed the highest-scoring leap of her stellar profession, touchdown a lay-full-full double twisting triple again somersault to attain 115.20 factors and declare a dominant victory.
“I’m misplaced for phrases really, I’m so pumped,” Scott advised the FIS.
“The whole lot went to plan, and to lastly be doing triples once more, it simply feels so superior, and I can not watch for extra ladies to be doing them.”
The 32-year-old beat Canadian Marion Thenault into silver after she scored 97.99, with China’s Olympic finallist Fanyu Kong third with 94.11.
Scott’s teammate Laura Peel certified for the ultimate in second place, however couldn’t execute her lay-full-full triple again somersault, to finish in eighth spot.
The victory is Scott’s second on the World Cup circuit this season, following her victory within the Ruka World Cup opener in December, and seventh in her profession.
Scott’s gold medal is Australia’s third of the Deer Valley occasion, after Matt Graham and Jakara Anthony claimed gold medals within the moguls competitors yesterday.
The primary place places Scott again in prime spot within the general World Cup rankings with two occasions remaining.
Earlier than that, consideration turns to Georgia and the World Championships on February 21/22.
“I’m wanting ahead to the World Championships,” Scott stated.
“[I] received to maintain constructing, I’ve a bit extra diploma of problem within the bag, and need to hold doing jumps like this.”
Scott has twice completed on the rostrum on the World Championships, ending second in Spain in 2017 and third in Norway in 2013.
In Georgia, Scott will try and turn out to be the fifth Australian girl to assert the world championship title, after Kirstie Marshall (1997), Jacqui Cooper (1999), Alisa Camplin (2003) and Peel (2015 and 2021).
