Australia’s Cooper Woods has won Olympic gold in the men’s moguls at Livigno. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)
Cooper Woods has won Australia’s first medal of the Winter Olympics, clinching gold in the men’s moguls.
Canadian great Mikayla Kingsbury won silver with Japan’s Akuma Hiroshima taking bronze.
Australia had three men advance to the top eight medal round – Woods, Matt Graham and debutant Jackson Harvey.
Graham placed fifth and Harvey eighth.
Australia’s Matt Graham finished just outside the medals in the men’s moguls at Livigno Snow Park. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)
Finishing sixth in Beijing, Woods has had a lean World Cup season and has only been on the podium once in his career back in 2024.
But the 25-year-old rose to the occasion in stunning fashion.
He topped the first qualification round in Thursday morning and then shocked the field to also gain the No.1 ranking for the final, meaning he came out of the gates last.
In a tense finish he beat Kingsbury on tie-break.
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