What to watch this weekend in Olympic sports
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Another busy weekend of winter Olympic sports is here, and Canadian athletes have already started piling up medals. Here's a look at who reached the podium today and who has a chance over the next couple of days:
Freestyle skiing: Mikaël Kingsbury is on a roll
The Canadian star won the men's moguls event today in France for his third consecutive victory and record-extending 83rd career gold on the World Cup tour. Canada's Elliot Vaillancourt took silver, his first-ever World Cup medal.
Kingsbury will try to keep his winning streak going in the dual moguls competition on Saturday. The head-to-head version of the sport will make its Olympic debut in 2026.
A World Cup freeski halfpipe event is taking place today at Colorado's Copper Mountain, where Canada's Amy Fraser can add to her bronze from last week's season opener in China. Max Moffatt was the only Canadian to qualify for Saturday's freeski big air events at Copper Mountain.
WATCH | Kingsbury claims World Cup gold in Frech Alps:
Ski jumping: Alex Loutitt climbs the podium again
A week after grabbing a silver and a bronze at the World Cup season opener in Norway, the 19-year-old Canadian took silver in today's women's large hill event in Switzerland.
Last winter, Loutitt became the first Canadian to capture a ski jumping world title and the first Canadian woman to win an individual World Cup competition. She was also part of Canada's first-ever Olympic ski jumping medal, a bronze in the mixed team event in 2022 in Beijing.
Loutitt will try for the podium again on Saturday when another women's large hill event