Perrine Laffont

Frenchwoman Perrine Laffont and Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury won the moguls at the freestyle skiing world championships, consolidating favorite status to repeat as Olympic gold medalists next year. Laffont, who in PyeongChang became the youngest Olympic freestyle skiing champion ever at 19, prevailed with an 82.11-point last run in Almaty, Kazakhstan,...

Reigning Olympic moguls champion Perrine Laffont, the current world number one, has two overall Freestyle Skiing World Cup titles to her name and is continuing to rack up victories, race after race. The Pyrenees-based star, who has just turned 22, is driven by her enjoyment of the sport and has one aim in mind: to become the first woman to defend the Olympic title in her discipline, at Beijing 2022.