Kevin Rolland backs Alex Ferreira and Tess Ledeux at 'completely different' Freestyle World Ski Championships

Eurosport expert Kevin Rolland believes that Alex Ferreira and Tess Ledeux both have an excellent chance of success at the upcoming Freestyle World Ski Championships. Rolland will soon retire from winter sports after a brief return at the 2022 Beijing Olympics that followed a huge injury suffered in 2019 that left him with head trauma and fractured bones, amongst other problems. Ad The 33-year-old has seven Winter X medals to his name and also won gold at the 2009 edition of the World Championships, but will bring his career to a close after this year’s event.

Freestyle SkiingHorishima edges Kingsbury in Dual Moguls World Cup final11/02/2023 AT 16:05 Speaking to Eurosport, Rolland confirmed: ”It's going to be my only competition this year. “It's kind of special because usually you are in competition mode. You are doing the World Cup.

Every competition, every two weeks or every month and this year is different. No competition. Just one, so it's kind of all in.” The injury he suffered in 2019 appears to be the reason for his decision, saying: “My doctor told me skiing is over for you.

The challenge was to go back to ski and I kind of liked the process to try to do something that is not easy. Laffont sees off Lemley for dual moguls victory in Valmalenco Horishima edges Kingsbury in dual moguls World Cup final “So of course, I will miss competing. But I’m sure I will still have some big challenges in my life, but also in my ski life.” While he said he felt “pretty confident,” he admitted that, “the best today is Alex Ferreira.

He is the one that I'm looking for in the halfpipe. Of course there is always the old man like me, David Wise. “But I'm also looking for my cousin, my little cousin Tess Ledeux.