World Champion mogul skiers hit Perisher for Australian Moguls Championships
Published Tue 29 Aug 2017
Perisher is rolling out the red carpet this week, so to speak, as the royalty of skiing head our way for the Australian Moguls Championship, 29-30 August 2017.
Australia’s own mogul skiing World Champion Britt Cox will be joined by the Japanese men’s World Champion Ikuma Horishima, plus a star studded line up to contest the Australian title at Toppa’s Dream ahead of the World Cup season and qualification for the Olympic Winter Games begins.
There will be 115 international athletes training on Toppa’s Dream this year in addition to Australian superstar skiers Cox, Matt Graham, Brodie Summers and developing stars Jakara Anthony, Rohan Chapman-Davies, Madi Himbury, James Matheson, Taylah O’Neill, Nicole Parks, plus many more who will be in form with a distinct advantage of competing on their home training turf.
“The course is in great shape, Perisher have done a tremendous job with the course build this year. It’s 270m long making it the longest mogul course in the world” said Australian Moguls Head Coach, Peter Topolovic.
“The recent snowfalls have really helped shaped the moguls well, and as always, it’s extremely challenging to ski.
“The international teams come here because of the course itself, its considered one of the top three most difficult courses to ski in the world and of course we are five months out from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games which means the Australian Mogul Championships are a final opportunity for these world’s best skiers to prepare for the upcoming world cup tour.”
“This is the biggest international turn out we have ever seen.”
With just six World Cups before the Olympics, every event counts toward qualification.
Challengers for the men’s Australian title are Mikael Kingsbury, the World number one from Canada, Ben Cavet, ranked second from France and Perisher ambassador and third ranked, Matt Graham.
Contesting the women’s Australian title is Australia’s first ever mogul skiing World Champion and first female mogul World number one, Britt Cox, and World number two, Perrine Laffont from France.
Australian NZ Cup Schedule
Monday 28 August: training
Tuesday 29 August: Single moguls men and women qualifications and finals race 1
Wednesday 30 August: Single moguls men and women qualifications and finals race 2
See the event live streaming here
See the live scoring here
Alexandra Rouse
Ski & Snowboard Australia