Inawashiro, Japan March 2, 2002 (AP)--Jennifer Heil of Canada, who finished fourth in Salt Lake City, upset Olympic gold medalist Kari Traa of Norway on Sunday to win the moguls at the freestyle skiing World Cup.
Olympic silver medalist Shannon Bahrke of the United States was fourth.
Among the men, Finland's Mikko Ronkainen won his first World Cup moguls event of the season. U.S. Olympian Jeremy Bloom was second.
Heil won her first World Cup title, finishing with 26.97 points on the 213-meter course.
Traa, winner of five World Cup events this season, was second (25.37), followed by Japan's Aiko Uemura (24.53). Bahrke was fourth and Olympic bronze medalist Tae Satoya of Japan was fifth (24.47).
In the men's event, Ronkainen earned 27.19 points to record the fourth moguls victory of his career.
Bloom, who was first after Saturday's qualifying run, managed 26.30 points while Japan's Yugo Tsukita was third with 25.18.
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