By The Canadian Press

Jan 7, 2026 | 3:14 PM

LAC-BEAUPORT — Miha Fontaine and Marion Thénault finished a distant fourth in their respective events event as Canadian freestyle skiers were held off the podium on home turf Wednesday to end a World Cup aerials competition.

Fontaine, from Magog, Que., finished the men’s event with a score of 103.27 points.

China’s Sun Jiaxu, who was second in Tuesday’s men’s event, soared to gold with a score of 131.58. Li Tianma, also of China, was second with 124.95 and Switzerland’s Noe Roth was third with 122.91.

Thénault finished the women’s event with a score of 72.26 points, well behind the score of 97.02 put up by Chinese bronze medallist Xu Mengtao.