Silver Medal for Anthony in Final Olympic Qualifier

Courtesy of https://www.owia.org/

Jakara Anthony has wrapped up her Olympic qualification with a silver medal at the World Cup event in Deer Valley, USA, her eighth medal of the season.

Anthony made a great start to the day on the Champion ski run, winning the qualification round and then advancing to the super final in fourth place. In the super final, Anthony put down another great run to score 80.38 points to land on the podium in second place.

Taking the win was Japanese skier Anri Kawamura with a score of 80.89, with 2018 Olympic Champion Perrine Laffont of France rounding out the podium in third with 80.02 points.

Anthony is currently ranked third in the women’s moguls World Cup standings, and first in the overall mogul World Cup standings, which also includes results from the dual mogul discipline.

“I am really happy with how this event has gone, I really progressed in certain aspects of my skiing and jumping in my four days here and I couldn’t have asked for much more,” said the 23-year-old from Barwon Heads in Victoria.

“It’s been a big month so far with four competition starts in two weeks, which is quite a lot for us, but you have to just keep focusing on what’s next and take it one day at a time.

“The women’s mogul field is so exciting to watch this season, there are so many strong skiers and the women’s jumping has gone through the roof. I just love watching and I think it’s so exiting for the sport, and I can’t wait to see what everyone brings for the rest of the season.

“We are now off to Ruka, Finland, for our pre-Olympic camp, so I will be looking to fine tune bits and pieces of my run there and getting everything dialled in.”

In the men’s event, Brodie Summers made it through to his first super-final of the season, finishing in sixth place. 

Also competing in the top-16 finals were Cooper Woods in 11th and Britt Cox in 12th.

AUSTRALIAN SNOWBOARDERS GOING FOR GOLD IN SWITZERLAND

Four Australian snowboarders will be in action overnight in finals at the Laax Open World Cup  in Switzerland.

First off will be the slopestyle event, with Tess Coady full of confidence after qualifying in first place. Joining Coady in the final will be Matt Cox who advanced to the final in tenth.

The halfpipe final will take place under lights, with 2018 Olympic Bronze medallist Scotty James the top qualifier in an impressive return to competition. Teen sensation Valentino Guseli also advanced through to the 12-man final, after finishing fifth in his heat 

The finals action in Laax can be watched online at snow.org.au/live with slopestyle starting tonight at 11.05pm AEDT, and halfpipe commencing at 3.20am AEDT.