Anthony wins first World Cup gold of the season in Sweden

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Jakara Anthony has claimed her first victory of the 2024/25 season in the moguls event overnight in the Swedish resort of Idre Fjäll, the 23rd World Cup victory of her incredible career.

The reigning World Cup Champion improved as the event went on, qualifying for finals in second with a score of 77.39, and then won the first round of finals on 80.36, ensuring Anthony would be the final skier for the event in the Super Final medal round.

Anthony then found another gear for the super-final, posting her highest score of the season from the judges with 82.94 points, to finish 2.05 points ahead of rival Perrine Laffont of France on 80.89 with Canadian Maya Schwinghammer in third with 80.71.

Joining Anthony in the women’s final was 19-year-old Charlotte Wilson, who had an impressive qualifying run in just her second World Cup start, advancing to the final in sixth place with a score of 72.84 points, giving Wilson the record for the least amount of starts to qualify for a World Cup Final by an Australian mogul skier.

Wilson finished in 10th place in the final with a score of 69.75 points, the first World Cup top-10 of her career.

“It feels good to finish up in first place” said Anthony.

“I don’t think there was any more pressure than any other competition, I know what I am trying to achieve every time, I am competing against the other girls but kind of just competing against myself in a way.”

In the men’s event, Matt Graham qualified in fifth place and finished 11th in the final.

Also in action for Australia were Oliver Logan and Cooper Woods, with the 21-year-old Logan recording a personal best World Cup performance of 26th place, with Woods in 30th.

The men’s event was won by Canadian Mikael Kingsbury, with Ikuma Horishima of Japan in second and local Swedish skier Walter Wallberg finishing third.

The mogul skiers will be back in action tonight in Idre Fjäll, competing in the first dual moguls World Cup event of the season.