Livigno, Italy – Like a pair of prize fighters in a heavyweight bout, the Olympic men’s dual moguls final on Sunday came down to two of the best to ever do it: Japan’s Ikuma Horishima and Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury.
In the end, it was Kingsbury standing tallest on the powdery canvas, as Horishima stumbled toward the end of the run, failed to complete his second jump and had to settle for silver.
“With the Olympic gold medal on the line, and silver already guaranteed, there was that feeling of needing to go for gold,” Horishima said. “And then, facing the skier who’s the king of skiing — the one I struggle with the most, the one who puts the most pressure on me. I think that’s probably what led to that mistake.”
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