Freestyle World Cup continues in Switzerland and Sweden

Vancouver, BC, March 4, 2008 – The FIS Freestyle World Cup continues this week with moguls and dual mogul action in Are, Sweden on March 7th and 8th; and with the Aerials World Cup Final in Davos, Switzerland on March 7th.

Steve Omischl

Kelowna, BC resident Steve Omischl clinched the 2007/2008 aerials World Cup crown last weekend in front of 35,000 spectators in Moscow, Russia. Omischl has had a spectacular year winning five of the eight events and finishing off the podium only once. His wins included both Canadian stops on the World Cup circuit – the Canada Post Freestyle Grand Prix’s at Ski Mont Gabriel and Cypress Mountain.

In Sweden, Canadian mogul skiers will be continuing their efforts to chase down the World Cup leaders (Dale Begg-Smith of Australia and Aiko Uemura of Japan). Both Alex Bilodeau and Vincent Marquis (currently third and fourth in the standings) are in the thick of the race; and in women’s moguls 2007 World Champion Kristi Richards still has a chance with three races to go.

Canadian team members competing this weekend are:

In Aerials:
Warren Shouldice and Steve Omischl

In Moguls and Dual Moguls:
Kristi Richards, Sylvia Kerfoot, Nathalie Bazin, Audrey Robichaud, Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Jackie Brown, Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau, Renaud Jacques-Dagenais, Warren Tanner, Vincent Marquis and Alex Bilodeau

posted March 4, 2008