Beijing Winter Games 2022; Team USA Picks Up Silver in Women’s Moguls

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA – FEBRUARY 07: Silver medalist, Jaelin Kauf of Team United States celebrates with their medal during the Women’s Moguls medal ceremony at Medal Plaza on February 07, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

BEIJING (AP) – Jakara Anthony of Australia has captured the women’s moguls title at the Beijing Olympics.

Anthony’s back flip with a grab at the bottom of the course sewed up the gold medal Sunday on the Secret Garden Olympic course.

Her score of 83.09 edged American Jaelin Kauf, who had been poised to pick up the first gold medal for Team USA in China.

Yanqing , China – 7 February 2022: Nina O’Brien of USA is given medical treatment after a crash during the Women’s Giant Slalom Skiing event on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing, China. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Russian athlete Anastasiia Smirnova earned the bronze while defending champion Perrine Laffont of France finished fourth.

The 23-year-old Anthony joins Dale Begg-Smith as the only Aussies to win the Olympic event. Begg-Smith earned his title at the 2006 Turin Games.

Meantime, American Alpine skier Nina O’Brien was involved in a hard crash at the end of her second run in the women’s giant slalom and was down for several minutes as medics attended to her. U.S. skiing officials said she was alert and responsive afterward.

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