Australia’s wintersport athletes have continued their remarkable early northern hemisphere winter form, claiming an all-time record eight World Cup medals across four different sports over the weekend.

The medal haul eclipses the previous best number of six in a weekend, which was achieved back in February 2017, and can be further boosted tonight in the snowboard cross mixed teams event in Cervinia, Italy.

Leading the medal charge was 2022 Olympic champion – and NSW Institute of Sport scholarship athlete – Jakara Anthony, who made it double gold in Alpe d’Huez, France, with her third straight single moguls win to start the season, and her first dual mogul victory in what has been an incredible start to her season.

“It’s super exciting to go back-to-back at this event again, I did it a couple of years ago, but missed the first place in the duals last year, so to get a little redemption is nice” said the 25-year-old Anthony from Barwon Heads in Victoria.

At the snowboard cross event in Cervinia, Australia took home three medals for the first time in any single wintersport competition, with Adam Lambert (NSWIS) just falling short in a photo finish for first place, giving him a silver medal in the men’s event, together with Belle Brockhoff (NSWIS) and Josie Baff (NSWIS) on the women’s podium in second and third.

“The whole day has been crazy, and to top it off with a podium is so epic, it was so close to a gold”, said the 26-year-old Lambert from Jindabyne in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

In China, aerial skier Laura Peel also achieved her first medal of the season, finishing in third place in Changchun, and was one of two skiers to perform the spectacular triple back somersaults in finals.

Just missing out on a medal this morning was snowboard super teen Valentino Guseli (NSWIS) in fourth place at the World Cup halfpipe event in Copper Mountain, USA.

Courtesy owia.org

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