Peel narrowly misses World Championship podium
Published Fri 08 Feb 2019
VIS Aerial Skier Laura Peel has finished in fourth place, just missing out on the podium at the World Championships in Deer Valley, UT, USA.
Sitting in gold medal position with three aerial skier competitors left to come down the hill, the 2015 World Champion was very unlucky not to take home the second World Championship medal of her career, with her back full-double full scoring 87.77, putting her just 1.11 behind the second and third place finishers who tied with a score of 89.88.
After jumping consistently in all rounds at the event, Peel commented.
"Overall it was a pretty good event, I was happy with the jumps that I did."
"Obviously I was disappointed to miss the podium, but I kind of did I what I set out to do, so that was good."
VIS teammate Britt George finished in 19th place competing in her first ever World Championship.
In the Team Aerials event, triple Olympian David Morris temporarily come out of retirement to help Team Australia claim seventh position alongside Laura Peel and VIS team-mate Britt George.
The Flying Kangaroos Australian Aerial Skiing team will now head to Moscow, for a World Cup on February 17 next weekend.