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Canadas Richards wins moguls opener News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Canadas Richards wins moguls openerLast Updated Friday December 11 2009 624 PM ET CBC Sports Alexandre Bilodeau and Kristi Richards celebrate their podium finishes Friday in Finland (Mike RidewoodCanadian Freestyle Skiing AssociationCanadian Press)Canadas Kristi Richards won the World Cup womens moguls opener Friday in Suomu Finland while Alexandre Bilodeau took bronze in the mens eventRichards from Summerland BC earned her second career World Cup victory after posting the fastest time and highest style points Her final score of 2497 points put her ahead of Japans Aiko Uemura (2456) and American Hannah Kearney (2410)Im so excited I cant ask for anything more than to start the season like this said Richards 28 the 2007 world championI feel like the last four years of work are coming together at the right time I just went for it today in the final and didnt hold anything backReigning Olympic champion Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove Alta finished fifth assuring her a berth on the Canadian team for the 2010 Games in VancouverRichards and Bilodeau need just one more topfour World Cup performance to qualify for the team They can accomplish that Saturday when Suomu hosts another set of moguls eventsChloe DufourLapointe of Montreal was sixth in the womens event Sylvia Kerfoot of Vancouver 12th and Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City 16thThe mens competition was won by Swedens Jesper Bjoernlund whose 2441 points edged American Bryon Wilson (2434) and Bilodeau (2419)Its very encouraging to start the season with a strong result said Bilodeau 22 last seasons World Cup champion with five victories on the circuit It was very close between the top five guys and I know that I made some mistakes that left the door open for the othersThe course wasnt technically difficult so you really had to look good out there ski fast and not make any mistakesPhilippe Marquis of Quebec City was seventh Vincent Marquis of Quebec City 13th Renaud JacquesDagenais of Prvost Que 14th and PierreAlexandre Rousseau of Dru...