Ski superstar Jakara Anthony has won her second career gold medal and Australia’s third of the Milan-Cortina Games, clinching the first-ever dual moguls Olympics title.
Anthony entered the new event to the Olympic program with steely determination after failing to defend her Beijing title in the regular event when she lost her footing in the medals round.
The 27-year-old swept through the early round of the dual moguls in ruthless fashion and then downed three Americans in a row, including beating singles champion Elizabeth Lemley in the semi-finals.
With skiers racing side by side down the Livigno course and judged on turns, jumps and speed, the Victorian overcame American Jaelin Kauf in the big final to take the crown.
Ski superstar Jakara Anthony has won her second career gold medal and Australia’s third of the Milan-Cortina Games, clinching the first-ever dual moguls Olympics title. Jeff PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images
Judges awarded Anthony the victory, scoring 20 points to 15.
It was Kauf’s second silver medal of the Games while a shaken Lemley also bagged her second medal, beating France’s Perrine Laffont in the small final to claim bronze.
The victory sees Anthony become the first Australian winter athlete to win two gold medals while it’s also the most successful Winter Games for the country.
Anthony has joined fellow moguls skier Cooper Woods and snowboard cross racer Josie Baff as Olympic champions in Italy while Scotty James won a silver medal in the men’s snowboard halfpipe.
