International moguls season wraps with two on the podium at Junior Worlds
Photo courtesy of Mateusz Kielpinski
The international moguls season is complete after two days of competition at the 2024 FIS Freestyle Junior Ski World Championships in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy.
The moguls action kicked off with the men’s and women’s solo moguls events April 5. Asher Michel shone bright for the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, finishing third. That is his second Junior World Championship podium in the same amount of years. Porter Huff of Ski & Snowboard Club Vail rounded out the top five at 16 years old, in his first Junior World Championships appearance. Charlie Mickel, also of the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, finished eighth, followed by Camden Lewis of the Gould Academy in 20th.
On the women’s side, Kylie Kariotis of Wasatch Freestyle landed just off the podium in fourth. Zoe Dwinell of Park City Ski & Snowboard finished 13th, followed by Olivia Maurais of Winter Park Competition Center in 14th and Reese Chapdelaine of Ski & Snowboard Club Vail in 15th. It was Dwinell, Maurais and Chapdelaine’s first Junior World Championship appearances.
The mixed dual moguls team event was unfortunately canceled, and so the athletes went right into dual moguls April 6.
The U.S. athletes had a strong day two in the dual moguls, with Kariotis winning on the women’s side, her second career Junior World Championship podium. In the big final, Kariotis dualed Anastassiya Gorodko of Kazakhstan, who has a consistent presence on the World Cup circuit. Gorodko’s career-best World Cup result of fifth came in duals at Valmalenco back in 2022, giving her a leg up due to her experience and familiarity with the course, yet Kariotis won the big final 20 to 15, earning her first Junior World Championships win. Maurais finished seventh, rounding out the top 10, Chapdelaine 11th, and Dwinell 13th.
On the men’s side, Michel finished 4th in duals, Mickel 7th, Huff 10th, and Lewis 17th.
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