Anthony wins gold and extends lead as world number one in France
Published Sat 18 Dec 2021
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Jakara Anthony has continued her amazing start to the season, winning the second World Cup mogul skiing gold medal of her career overnight in Alpe d'Huez, France.
Anthony has now podiumed in all four events to start the season, extending her lead as number one on the World Cup rankings.
In a dominant display, the 23-year-old placed first in all three stages of the event, scoring a massive 85.07 points in the super final to finish over eight points ahead of second place finisher Anri Kawamura of Japan with a score of 77.21 points, with American Tess Johnson taking home the bronze medal with 76.63 points.
“It was so incredible, my first win of the season, my second win ever, and the first time I have every placed first in every round of the event,” said Anthony.
“I am so keen to get back on the course tomorrow, it’s so much fun, the moguls require such technical skiing and it’s just so great to get out there and ski it every day.”
20211217_ALP_winningrun_anthony_soc.mp4After finishing in top-3 in each of the previous events in 2021/22, Jakara Anthony finally snags the win today with that superb run in Alpe d’Huez! Gotta love those mute grabs 😍
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Australian teammate and 2017 World Champion Britt Cox also reached the super final, finishing in a season’s best fourth place, with a score of 76.20, just missing the podium by .44 points.
Brodie Summers also had an impressive performance, narrowly missing the men’s super-final in seventh place.
The mogul skiing athletes will be back in action Saturday night competing in the dual mogul event in Alpe d'Huez. Stream the event LIVE from 12am midnight AEDT at https://snow.org.au/live/