Silver medal gives aerial skier Scott overall Cup lead

Australian aerial skier Danielle Scott has scored her fifth podium place in six World Cup starts to regain the lead in the race for the Crystal Globe trophy.

Scott clinched second spot at the World Cup event in Lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada, behind American Karenna Elliott. Local hope Marion Thenault collected bronze.

In difficult conditions with intermittent rain and sticky snow at the Canadian resort, Scott qualified for finals in second place, scoring 86.62 points for her full-full double twisting double back somersault jump.

Danielle Scott soars to World Cup silver above Lac Beauport in Canada. (HANDOUT/OWIA)

In the first round of finals, three-time Olympian Scott performed the same jump, this time scoring 83.47 points to lock in a spot in the medal round.

The Australian increased her degree of difficulty in the super-final, with a double full-full triple twisting double back somersault but had trouble on the landing to finish with a final score of 84.24 points.

Elliott was 4.94 points ahead of Scott while Thenault scored 83.19.

Fellow Australian Abbey Willcox finished fifth to move to eighth place overall in this season’s rankings.

Scott’s silver moved her back to the top of the standings on 280 points, shading American Winter Vinecki by 28 points, with Thenault third on 182.

“Super-excited, the yellow bib was the most important thing, and I am super-happy with that,” said the 33-year-old Scott, from NSW.

“It’s been a really tricky day, everyone struggled at the beginning. The jump shape changed, so we had to make that quick adjustment.

“But I got my jumps done. I am pretty happy with them and still have room for improvement, so let’s hope we can bring that out tomorrow.”

A second World Cup takes places in Lac Beauport on Sunday (Monday AEDT) with the final event of the season scheduled for Almaty, Kazakhstan, on March 10.