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Canada's Mikael Kingsbury celebrates his gold medal in the men's freestyle skiing dual moguls at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno. Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press via ZUMA Press/dpa
Canadian legend Mikael Kingsbury won the inaugural Olympic dual moguls gold medal on Sunday after narrowly missing out in the singles event.
Kingsbury won the final against Japan's individual event world champion Ikuma Horishima who lost control in the main moguls section and fluffed his second jump. The official score was 30-5.
Australia's Matt Graham beat Japan's Takuya Shimakawa in the small final to earn bronze and complte an all-fathers podium.
The gold for Kingsbury came after he had lost the individual gold on Thursday against Australian Cooper Woods on countback after both had tied on points. Woods meanwhile went out in the round of 16 on Sunday.
Kingsbury now has two golds and three silvers achived in from four of his five Olympics, and the 33-year-old is also a nine-time world champion.
"It's the cherry on top of five Olympic starts and five medals," he said.
"It was the first gold medal in history in (men's) dual moguls. I've done so well in the past couple of years. It's been the last three world champions that I've won duals. I really wanted this one and I knew it was my last Olympic performance."
"I gave everything, I had no regrets. I didn't feel too nervous. I trusted my plan, I trusted the work that I put in with my team and just went for it. I'm really happy with the outcome."
Hirishima, who added silver to bronze from Thursday and 2022, said: “It was the last moment of the final. I didn't do what I had to do since the morning. I wasn't confident that I could ski well. I was nervous and if I was confident, it would have been a good fight."
He also commented on the dad aspect, saying: "We were able to prove that we can improve our skills as a family and be on the podium. I think that's what it means to be a father."
Kingsbury said: "It's a circle. It's legendary. We're all very close. Ikuma was the first and Matt and I, our kids were born 10 days apart.
"It's been fun being on the World Cup tour last year and this year, not chatting about skiing but chatting about our babies.
"I remember when we did the world championships duals, on that podium we told each other 'we did it at the World Cup, we did it at the world championships, and we did it at the Olympics'. It's quite unreal we were able to do it again today."
The pressure was on Graham to complete the podium of fathers.
"We did it at the World Cup, and we did it at world championships last year, and to do it here at the Games is something very special," he said.
"In that start gate I knew what was at stake, I knew it was up to me to fulfil that dream for us. This bronze means so much to me."
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