Canada's Mikael Kingsbury will be looking to get his fourth consecutive moguls World Cup win of the season in Calgary ©Getty Images

The first International Ski Federation (FIS) Moguls World Cup event of 2019 is set to begin at Calgary’s historic WinSport Canada Olympic Park. 

The venue in Calgary first hosted a FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup event in 1981, with the first moguls competition taking place in 1987, just before the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympic Games.

Tomorrow's event will also be the 10th consecutive moguls World Cup at the venue. 

Canada has always had at least one athlete finish on the podium at every moguls competition at the Calgary course in the last nine years, a good sign for current World Cup leader and 2018 Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury. 

The Canadian has won all three moguls events this season, even overcoming food poisoning in Thaiwoo to ensure his lead in the overall standings with 300 points.

His nearest opponent is France's Benjamin Cavet on 190 points.

Ikuma Horishima of Japan, the only competitor able to beat Kingsbury last season, is also challenging in third on 479 points. 

America's Jaelin Kauf only has a five-point advantage in the overall Moguls World Cup ahead of France's Olympic champion Perrine Laffont standings going into the event in Calgary ©Getty Images
America's Jaelin Kauf only has a five-point advantage in the overall Moguls World Cup ahead of France's Olympic champion Perrine Laffont standings going into the event in Calgary ©Getty Images

In the women's competition, Jaelin Kauf of the United States only has a five point lead in the overall rankings with 245 points. 

Just behind her is Olympic and reigning World Cup champion, Perrine Laffont of France.

Canada's best chance of a podium finish is Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, who is sitting eighth in the standings after a slow start to the season.

The men’s qualifications will take place tomorrow, with the women's qualifications on the morning of January 13 and the finals in the afternoon.

In Fort Romeu, France, the second day of competition at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup slope-style event has been cancelled due to high winds.

The women's qualification event yesterday was postponed until today due to the same problem, but the continuing dangerous conditions mean that organisers will now try to hold the competition tomorrow.