By james art 
Lewis Irving saved his best performance of the season for his hometown fans after reaching the World Cup podium in Lac-Beauport.
Irving took home silver at the FIS Freestyle World Championships – his best finish in nearly four years – and the highlight of a banner day for Canada.
Four Canadians landed in the top 10, with Irving, Alexandre Duchesne (5th), Emile Nadeau (7th) and Pierre-Olivier Cote (9th) reaching Saturday’s final.
In the end, Irving was one of two skaters to break 100 points in the final round. Despite the fall, which if avoided could have shot him to gold, Irving finished with a score of 102.5 based on the difficulty rating.
China’s Qi Guangpu took home gold (124 points), while American Christopher Lillis finished a distant third (85.4 points).
Alexander Duchesne finished just 7.12 points off the podium in fifth place, his best finish since winning gold at Deer Valley last February. Nadeau and Cote also had their best result of the season.