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Kingsbury wins silver after men's moguls decided by tiebreak

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Canadian Mikael Kingsbury won silver in freestyle skiing men's moguls Thursday at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Kingsbury, one of Canada's flag bearers during the opening ceremonies, placed second to Australian Cooper Woods on a tiebreak.

Both Kingsbury and Woods were given scores of 83.71 by the judges on their final runs. The tiebreak is turns score, which favored Woods 48.40-47.70.

Kingsbury was the second-last run of the day, followed by Woods in a dramatic finish.

The 33-year-old Kingsbury is adding another silver to his career Olympic medals tally that now includes a trio of second-place finishes as well as a gold from the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

Kingsbury is the first freestyle skier ever to win four Olympic medals. He'll have a chance to make it five when dual moguls makes its Olympic debut Sunday morning.

Fellow Canadian Julien Veil finished sixth in the event.

Japan's Ikuma Horishima rounded out the podium by claiming bronze.

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