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00:00Right here in France, she was the fan favorite in the Peak Performance Fun Bet.
00:05She's only 21 years old, she's already got an overall number two ranking last year,
00:10coming in just behind Hedwig Wessel.
00:12Astrid Chez Luce now starting her campaign here at home in France.
00:17This is another perfect example of an athlete that can do it all.
00:20She's got great technical skiing, but she can throw double backflips in a competition.
00:25Huge tricks, huge stomping errors.
00:28Launching off that one, disappearing into the powder cloud,
00:31getting trajectory for this next feature, pumping a backflip!
00:35Astrid Chez Luce landing it!
00:37Oh, we are witnessing an electric performance here from Astrid Chez Luce,
00:41the French rider putting on a show for her home crowd.
00:45Backflipping up that high on the face shows so much confidence in yourself and your skills.
00:50And you could tell how quickly she was able to put it right under control,
00:53get on that downhill ski and start making turns again.
00:56Yeah, she is perfectly in control now.
00:58She's got this looming section underneath.
01:01As she lines up, she wants to get the trajectory right.
01:04Popping off and a perfect landing!
01:06Astrid Chez Luce has the French crowd going absolutely ballistic.
01:11She has put down a run for the ages in front of the home crowd.
01:16That was magical from the French rider.
01:18With only two years on the tour, she's just showing a level of experience that's really unmatched.
01:25You can really tell how well these junior world championships...
01:28She is a junior world champion and you can tell that that early experience in her career just really paying off.
01:35Well, and the diverse skill set. Her turns are picture perfect.
01:39Her mountain savvy is locked in.
01:41The freestyle game, well, you just saw it.
01:43Backflip at the top of the face, unleashing all of the skills
01:48and putting together the puzzle pieces to put that run together.
01:51Astrid Chez Luce showing that she is here to play.
01:55She came second last year. A world title is in her sights.
01:59She's sitting second overall coming into this event.
02:02So with Justine sitting in the hot seat,
02:04we're setting up for a season-long battle between these two riders
02:09and of course many more riders in the field that want to have their say in it.
02:12But wow, what a run from Astrid.
02:14Yeah, let's take a look at the line again.
02:17This is a perfect setup, Eric.
02:19Going massive, but knowing that she's making that quick transfer over to the second air for this huge backflip.
02:25Laying it out, way down, landing perfectly and then straight onto that left foot
02:29because she needs to angle herself properly to get on top of this thing
02:33and taking it right off the top ropes, knowing exactly where she's going.
02:37There's a rock in that landing. If you angle it wrong, you're going to pay.
02:40Astrid Chez Luce showing she knows exactly where she's going.
02:44The Mahmoud line tracker, nothing but fall line there.
02:47The Frenchie's loving it here, the peak performance hangout zone.
02:50We've got the big air mattress. It is a party in Val Thorens, a free ride party.
02:55And Astrid Chez Luce is the life of this party right now.
02:59All right, well, the judges have had their say.
03:17It's up, up, up, up, 93.
03:19Astrid Chez Luce takes over the hot seat.

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