Bahrke, Peel win freestyle World Cup event
KREISCHBERG, Austria (AP) - Scotty Bahrke of the United States and Laura Peel of Australia both earned their first career World Cup victories at a freestyle aerials night event on Friday.
Bahrke got 118.59 points in the final to edge Maxim Gustik of Belarus by 0.86. Bahrke's American teammate Dylan Ferguson took third with 97.35 points.
In the aerials standings, Canada's Olivier Rochon remained in the lead with 404 points, 68 clear of second-place Jia Zongyang of China.
Peel topped the final of the women's competition with 75.69 points ahead of Olga Volkova of the Ukraine with 74.36 and Yu Yang of China with 70.67.
China's Xu Mengtao, who won four events this season, led the standings with 480 points, followed by Volkova with 385.
The next freestyle aerials World Cup event is in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb. 25.
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