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SKIING: Cook Leads U.S. Aerialists at Mont Gabriel
// Juliann Fritz // January 8, 2006
MONT GABRIEL, Que. (Jan. 8) - Olympics-bound aerialist Emily Cook (Belmont, MA) had her best World Cup result of the season Sunday, finishing sixth in a contest won by Evelyne Leu of Switzerland. Canadians filled the top four places in the men's event.Kyle Nissen collected his first World Cup win in six years with 252.88 points after connecting on a quad-twisting, triple flip (four twists, three somersaults) and triple-twisting, triple flip. Jeff Bean was runnerup (247.23) while Joe Pack (Park City, UT), the 2002 Olympic silver medalist in aerials, was the only U.S. man to make finals, finishing 12th. For more information www.usskiteam.com
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