TeamGB's Kirsty Muir Wins Tignes World Cup & Leads Freeski Park and Pipe Overall
TeamGB's Kirsty Muir Wins Tignes World Cup & Leads Freeski Park and Pipe Overall
Published : 20-Mar-2026 06:36
Scotland's Kirsty Muir delivered an emphatic victory at the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup in Tignes on Thursday, keeping her at the top of the women's standings on 200 points, with only next week's Silvaplana season finale remaining in the 2025/26 season. She also leads overall in the freeski category.
After leading the morning qualification session, she carried that form straight into the finals, laying down her best run of the day on her first attempt.
The judges awarded the 21‑year‑old from Aberdeen 82.78 for her winning run, which opened with a switch left bio 900 tail grab, followed by a right double cork 1080 safety, a left 270 on continuing 270 off, a switch right lipslide to forward, and a right slide to frontside 450 leading safety on the cannon rail, before closing with a left cork 900 tailgrab on the final jump.
Canada's Elena Gaskell finished second with 76.60, while Austria's Lara Wolf took third on 76.41 after improving on her first‑run score of 52.73, pushing U.S. skier Grace Henderson's 71.58 into fourth place.
Thursday's result marks Muir's second Tignes victory, following her maiden World Cup win at the event last year. She also won the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup in Snowmass (USA) in January, her final World Cup appearance before Milano Cortina 2026. With two wins from two Slopestyle starts this season.
Muir also leads the overall women's Freeski Park and Pipe standings on 379 points, having claimed her maiden Freeski Big Air World Cup victory in Secret Garden (CHN) in November, followed by fourth place in Beijing and ninth in Steamboat (USA) in December.
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