{"id":407406,"date":"2026-01-12T02:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407406\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T02:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:38:09","slug":"danielle-scott-wins-lake-placid-world-cup-aerials-ahead-of-milan-cortina-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407406\/","title":{"rendered":"Danielle Scott wins Lake Placid World Cup aerials ahead of Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian aerial skier Danielle Scott has broken through for her first World Cup triumph in nearly three years in a timely boost to her medal hopes at next month’s Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old three-time Olympian has had a particularly lean run this season but put her woes behind her with a morale-boosting triumph at Lake Placid in the United States less than a month before the start of the Games in Italy.<\/p>\n

Scott scored 95.88 points in the super final to take top spot ahead of China’s reigning Olympic champion Xu Mengtai, who scored 94.01.\u00a0<\/p>\n

America’s 2025 world champion, Kaila Kuhn, was third with 92.29.<\/p>\n

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Laura Peel, who won the last World Cup event in Canada<\/a>, was unable to stick her landing and finished sixth, while fellow Australian Airleigh Frigo was seventh.<\/p>\n

“I’m just letting this sink in. I’ve had a rough run this season,” said Scott, with the victory her first in a World Cup event since March 2023 and the seventh of her career.<\/p>\n

“A lot of highs and lows \u2026 today I just needed to go prove myself, and I did that, so I’m stoked.”<\/p>\n

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Danielle Scott won her first World Cup event since March 2023. (Getty Images: Al Bello)<\/p>\n

With four out of six skiers in the medal round attempting triples, Scott’s choice of a back double full-full proved a smart decision after assessing the tricky conditions of the day.<\/p>\n

“I was hoping to do triples, and we made some hard decisions and decided to keep it on the double. I think it paid off,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I want to do them, so let’s get Mother Nature on our side.”<\/p>\n

In the men’s competition, China’s Wang Xindi opted to go with five twists.<\/p>\n

Despite the conditions, he was rewarded with a win.<\/p>\n

With landings proving to be challenging for many athletes, his back double full-full-double full earned a 103.50 and his first World Cup win of the season.<\/p>\n

Competitors will line up for another World Cup at Lake Placid on Monday (local time) to wrap up their preparation for the Milan-Cortina Games, which start on February 6.<\/p>\n

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