Moguls star Mikaël Kingsbury leads Canada's 24-member Olympic freestyle team

Mikaël Kingsbury has already captured Olympic gold. He's climbed the World Cup podium more than a hundred times.

But Canada's moguls superstar believes he'll be better than ever in Beijing next month.

"I feel at the top of my game right now," Kingsbury said Monday. "I'm peaking at the right moment. I'm feeling extremely good in the start gate which is one of the most important parts of our sport, because of the performance on demand and the fact that every run matters, but I know my best skiing has not shown yet this year and I feel like Beijing is the right time to pull everything together."

The 29-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., headlines Canada's 24-member freestyle ski team for the Beijing Olympics, a team so mighty it's tough just to make it. Since freestyle skiing made its Games debut in 1992 in Albertville, France, Canada has captured 25 medals — 12 gold, nine silver and four bronze — more than any other country.

"It's always been one of the greatest accomplishments for a Canadian athlete in freestyle skiing to make it to the Games, making the Canadian team is a very, very difficult road," said Peter Judge, the CEO of Freestyle Skiing Canada. "Even more so given all the circumstances that we've had to deal with [around the COVID-19 pandemic].

So, we're extremely proud of this group for their tenacity, for their perseverance for what they've been able to deal with and still stay buoyant, stay focused and be as well-prepared as we can be for the upcoming Beijing Games."

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Kingsbury, who followed in the footsteps of Canada's two-time Olympic moguls champ Alexandre Bilodeau, will make his third Olympic appearance in Beijing. He heads to China as the reigning Olympic