Bronze medals to Graham in dual moguls and Baff in snowboard cross

NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holders Matt Graham and Josie Baff have both claimed World Cup bronze medals overnight. Graham’s was the 27th podium of his career in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and the 12th for Baff in Erzurum, Türkiye.

The 2018 Olympic silver medallist Graham, shared a historic moment with fellow competitors Mikael Kingsbury and Ikuma Horishima on the first ever mogul skiing “dad podium,” as all three skiers became first time fathers just prior to the 2024-2025 season.

In the match up for the bronze medal, Graham defeated Korean Daeyoon Jung 22 to 13, his second dual mogul podium of the season. Canadian Mikael Kingsbury was victorious 21-14 in the gold medal dual over Ikuma Horishima of Japan.

“It’s great to be back on the podium. We have been knocking on the door to have the dad podium all season,” Graham said.

“Two times we have finished 1-2-4, so to get 1-2-3 is pretty awesome.”

“I was feeling the pressure a little at the top, it was running through my head, but I had to tell myself to land the top air, ski a run and let it happen from there in the final dual.”

“I am really fit and healthy at the moment, the body is feeling great, so I am looking forward to going to Livigno and checking out the [2026 Olympic] course there and then finishing off at the World Championships [in St Moritz].”

Cooper Woods also performed well finishing in seventh place, after losing to eventual winner Kingsbury in the quarter-finals, with teammates Jackson Harvey in 19^th , George Murphy 21^st and Oliver Logan 21^st.

With two World Cup events remaining, Graham is ranked third overall in the combined mogul standings, sixth in single moguls and fourth in dual moguls.

Both final World Cup events of the season will take place on the future 2026 Olympic venue in Livigno, Italy, with moguls on March 11 and dual moguls on March 12.

Story courtesy of Olympic Winter Institute of Australia