China dominated the first of two aerial events at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Lake Placid with Jia Zongyang and Xu Mengtao both taking gold as the nation claimed all but one medal.

Jia recorded a score of 128.51 in the men’s competition to take his fourth-career World Cup win in 12 starts while Xu was awarded 93.06 in the ladies’ for her first win in just over a year.

Both were absent from the opening aerials round of the season last weekend in Mont Gabriel but catapulted themselves up the aerials World Cup rankings courtesy of claiming 100 points.

Jia moves to third while Canadian Olivier Rochon took the overall lead from winner last time out Pavel Krotov having finished fourth to the Russian’s tenth in Lake Placid.

Xu also slots straight into third with Olga Volkova building on her overall lead after finishing fourth as American Emily Cook only managed eight to remain second.

Jia was joined on the podium by Chinese team-mate and Olympic bronze medallist Liu Zhongqing, who scored 127.83 while Anton Kushnir of Belarus was not far behind after being awarded a score of 126.47.

World bronze medallist Kushnir was the only non-Chinese athlete to win a medal in Lake Placid with Cheng Shuang and Kong Fanyu joining Xu on the podium with scores of 85.65 and 81.2 respectively.

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