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Richards continues strong moguls season with silver News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpCharlottetown Change City1c Mostly CloudyTomorrow11c A few flurries 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 Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Richards continues strong moguls season with silverHeil right behind Canadian teammate for the bronze Last Updated Friday December 18 2009 1217 PM ET CBC Sports Kristi Richards speeds to a silver medal on Saturday in Finland (Mikko StigAssociated Press) Kristi Richards of Pemberton BC is off to the best start of her freestyle ski World Cup career after winning silver Saturday in womens moguls at Suomo FinlandHeading into the final after a poor qualifying round left her 15th out of 16 skiers Richards rallied to grab second just ahead of bronze medallist Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove AltaHannah Kearney of the United States won gold with a score of 2568 Richards had 2497 while Heil scored 2492I feel everything is just coming together said Richards who also won gold in the previous moguls event on Friday Ive been working on the same technique for four years and its timeRichards was in jeopardy of missing Saturdays final after almost failing to land her opening jump but she picked up the pace to qualify After that it was more uptempo skiing and cleaner jumps in the finalThere was nothing to lose so I was one of the fastest again and I skied like I know how to skiWith podium appearances in two Europa Cups and two World Cups this season Richards said she has the feeling her lack of consistency last season is a thing of the pastHeil the defending Olympic moguls champion wasnt pleased with her weekend despite winning a bronzeMy transmission got a little bit jammed in third but I was ready to get into fourth said Heil 26 Im disappointed with my performance this weekend but its a starting pointChloe DufourLapointe of Montreal finished 10th while her sister Maxime was 13th Sylvia Kerfoot of Vancouver was 20th and Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City finished 26thIn the mens race Swedens Jesper Bjornlund won his second straight gold in 2496 Byron Wilson of the US was second while American Nathan Roberts was thirdAlex Bilodeau of Rosemere Que who collected a bronze medal Friday was fourth and a...