Olympic and world champion Kingsbury continued to dominate the men's competition as the Moguls World Cup continued following the World Championships.

The Canadian advanced through to the final at the Japanese ski resort, where he produced a strong display to claim victory.

Kingsbury was the penultimate athlete to take to the course and delivered a routine which earned a score of 86.70 points.

Japan's Tazawako Ikuma Horishima hoped to deliver success in front of a home crowd but crashed during his run to end any prospect of overtaking Kingsbury.

Kingsbury was followed by fellow Canadian Phillippe Marquis, who continued his comeback from a long-term knee injury suffered last year.

Marquis was rewarded with a score of 83.67, with the United States' Bradley Wilson completing the podium with a score of 80.47.

"I just wanted to make it to the super final, because I knew I was going to throw that 1,440," said Kingsbury.

"I was actually happy with not going as the last one so I could put some pressure on other athletes.

"That was my fist 1,440 in competition so I'm happy I stomped it.

"I'm on the podium with one on my best friends, and it's special because he's coming back from a knee injury.

"It's been a long time since our last 1-2 for Canada so it's really awesome to share that podium moment with Phil again."

Kingsbury leads the World Cup standings on 645 points following his victory, with France's Benjamin Cavet second on 390.

The women's competition was won by Laffont, following on from her World Championship success in Utah.

Laffont won bronze in the single moguls and gold in the dual moguls in the US.

The French Olympic champion returned to the top of the podium in Japan, as she scored 82.97 points in the final.

Australia’s Jakara Anthony ended as the runner-up after being rewarded with 79.87 points.

The top three was rounded off by Kazakhstan’s Yulia Galysheva, who achieved 76.92.

Laffont moved onto 600 points in the overall standings, giving her an advantage of 115 points over second place Anthony.

American Jaelin Kauf is third in the standings on 445.

A second moguls competition will take place tomorrow in Tazawako.

China enjoyed a clean sweep of the women’s aerials podium at a World Cup event in Belarus' capital city Minsk.

Xu Mengtao led the way by achieving a score of 87.77 points in the final, with her team-mate Xu Sicun following on 80.33.

Little separated silver and bronze as Shao Qi completed a Chinese top three by ending on 80.04.

The result saw Xu increase her World Cup lead as she moved onto 260 points, with Shao second on 176.

Russia's Maxim Burov won the men's competition with a score of 120.36 points, as home favourite Anton Kushnir ended as the runner-up on 118.10.

Bronze was earned by Russia's Stanislav Nikitin, who scored 99.12.

Burov leads the World Cup standings on 236, with Nikitin second on 220.