Lac-Beauport 2025/26 Freestyle World Cup: Stats Preview

There are six Aerials events in the 2025/26 FIS Freestyle World Cup season, one fewer than in 2024/25. This season will see events in Ruka (FIN), Secret Garden (CHN), Lac-Beauport (CAN) and Lake Placid (USA). Due to challenging early-season weather conditions, the FIS Freestyle World Cup events originally scheduled to take place at Deer Valley Resort (USA) from 16 to 18 January 2026 have been rescheduled to Lake Placid (USA).

Qi Guangpu (CHN) won the Aerials Crystal Globe in 2024/25 for a second consecutive season.

Qi Guangpu (CHN) has recorded 18 Aerials World Cup event wins in his career, joint-third on the all-time list alongside Philippe Laroche (FRA) on 18, only behind Lloyd Langlois (CAN) on 21 and Steve Omischl (CAN) on 20.

Oleksandr Okipniuk (UKR) won the World Cup opening stage in Ruka (FIN), ahead of Pirmin Werner (SUI) and Christopher Lillis (USA). The win in Ruka (FIN) was the first career World Cup win for Oleksandr Okipniuk (UKR), as well as his first World Cup podium. His previous best World Cup individual result was a sixth place in Deer Valley (USA) back in 2021.

Li Tianma (CHN) won the World Cup stage on home soil in Secret Garden (CHN), ahead of Qi Guangpu (CHN) and Noé Roth (SUI). This was the second career win for Li, who also won two Team events. All his wins came in World Cup stages held in China. His only podium outside of his native country is a second place in Deer Valley (USA) during the 2022/23 season.

Li Tianma (CHN) currently leads the Aerials World Cup standings, 45 points ahead of Oleksandr Okipniuk (UKR). Pirmin Werner (SUI) is third, just two points ahead of the current Aerials Crystal Globe holder Qi Guangpu (CHN).

There were two Aerials events last season in Lac-Beauport. Qi Guangpu (CHN) won both competitions, and these were the only two wins of the season for him, who led the World Cup standings from this stage until the end of the season to win the Aerials Crystal Globe.

Lewis Irving (CAN) came second in the first of the two competitions in Lac-Beauport last season, and this was his first World Cup podium since December 2022. It also matched his best World Cup result, as he has eight World Cup podiums but is still seeking his first World Cup win.

Noé Roth (SUI) ended last season with the same Aerials World Cup points as Qi Guangpu (CHN) with 400, but lost to Qi in a tiebreaker.

Noé Roth (SUI) has won two Aerials Crystal Globes, in 2019/20 and 2022/23. He is currently eighth in the World Cup Standings after two out of six events.

Laura Peel (AUS) won the Aerials Crystal Globe last season. It marked the third Aerials Crystal Globe of her career, after 2019/20 and 2020/21.

Laura Peel (AUS) won five of the seven women’s Aerials World Cup events last season. Xu Mengtao (CHN) won the other two.

Reigning Olympic champion Xu Mengtao (CHN) is leading the women’s Aerials standing after winning the opening stage in Ruka (FIN), ahead of Marion Thenault (CAN) and Chen Meiting (CHN). The win in Ruka (FIN) was the 30th career World Cup win for Xu Mengtao (CHN).

Kong Fanyu (CHN) won the World Cup stage on home soil in Secret Garden (CHN), ahead of Chen Meiting (CHN) and Xu Mengtao (CHN), to complete a podium sweep for China, the first one so far in any Freestyle Skiing World Cup event in both genders. This was the fourth career win for Kong, and the first one since December 2021.

Xu Mengtao (CHN) is the athlete with the most Aerials World Cup wins, in both genders, with 30 World Cup wins. The female athlete with the second highest number of World Cup wins is Jacqui Cooper (AUS), with 25 wins.

Hanna Huskova (AIN) returned to action in Secret Garden (CHN) in her first competition since the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, where she won a silver medal. She won gold at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. In her first competition in more than three years, she qualified for the final and finished ninth.

There were two Aerials events last season in Lac-Beauport. Laura Peel (AUS) won both competitions, and these were two out of five wins last season. She is still seeking her first World Cup podium this season, as she was 10th in Ruka (FIN) and fourth in Secret Garden (CHN).

Kaila Kuhn (USA) won the women’s Aerials event at the World Championships last season. She has yet to record a top-2 finish in an Aerials World Cup event, with two third-place finishes as her best results.

Danielle Scott (AUS) has recorded the most podium finishes in women’s Aerials events in the last two seasons combined, but none of them were wins (six second places, three third places). Her most recent Aerials FIS World Cup victory dates back to 5 March 2023, when she won in Engadin (SUI).