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02/14 05:48 CST Jakara Anthony brings another freestyle Olympic gold to
Australia in the wild debut of dual moguls
Jakara Anthony brings another freestyle Olympic gold to Australia in the wild
debut of dual moguls
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) --- Jakara Anthony brought another freestyle-skiing gold
medal to Australia on Saturday, winning in the Winter Olympics debut of dual
moguls, the wilder and more unpredictable cousin of moguls skiing that has been
in the Games for decades.
Anthony skied cleanly through all five of the single-elimination races to win a
gold that goes alongside the title won by Cooper Woods in an upset in the
regular men's moguls earlier this week. The 27-year-old Anthony, from
Queensland, also won gold in the individual moguls four years ago at the
Beijing Games.
Skiing through a heavy snowstorm, the true spirit of this sport was better
spelled out by American Jaelin Kauf, who captured her third Olympic silver
medal and second of these Games, and her teammate, Elizabeth Lamley, who added
bronze to go with the gold she won earlier in the week.
They each won their second medals in four days despite falling in their
semifinal rounds.
Kauf's tumble against Canada's Perrine Laffont came after Laffont herself had
crashed and skied off the course, meaning the American only had to get up, dust
herself off and make it to the bottom of the hill.
Lemley also fell and did not finish in the semifinal against Anthony but
advanced to the bronze-medal race.
There, she actually lost the race --- a full 0.99 seconds behind Laffont. But
because these runs are judged, and time counts for only 20% of the score, with
jumps and precision through the moguls counting for the rest, Lamley edged out
the Canadian for third.
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