Scotland’s Kirsty Muir Wins Tignes Freeski Slopestyle World Cup

Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir claimed an emphatic win at the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup in Tignes on Thursday. After topping the morning qualification session, she carried that momentum straight into the finals, delivering her strongest 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 finishing 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 victory in Tignes, 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 now leads the women’s standings on 200 points, with only next week’s Silvaplana season finale remaining in the 2025/26 season.

Gaskell sits 15 points behind Muir in the Slopestyle standings, holding 185 points from three top‑five finishes. The 24‑year‑old’s runner‑up result on Thursday follows her fifth place at the Laax Open and her third place in Snowmass in January.

Muir also leads the overall women’s Freeski Park and Pipe standings on 379 points, having earned her first 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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