Australia's Anthony gets maiden dual moguls gold

Australia's Jakara Anthony bounced back from disappointment when she got gold in the inaugural Olympic women's dual moguls freestyle skiing competition on Saturday.

The 2022 moguls champion prevailed with a score of 20-15 in the big final against American Jaelin Kauf, who had to settle for a third Olympic silver in heavy snowfall.

Anthony had finished eighth in the moguls event earlier in the week after falling in the final. But she fought back to give Australia their third gold o0f the Games.

American Elizabeth Lemley added bronze to her moguls gold from Wednesday with victory in the small final over French great Perrine Lafont, who had won gold in 2018 and bronze at these Games.

"It was a real rollercoaster today. The heartbreak the other day in singles was a pretty tough pill to swallow," Anthony said.

"It speaks a lot to the support I have around me and the work I've done on the mental side of things as well. To be able to handle that and come out today and rip it up."

Kauf said she has no regrets about her three silvers: “Every competitor out here is going for gold. But to walk away with the first-ever silver medal from dual moguls at the Olympics is pretty special. And 'three-time Olympic medallist' isn't bad either.”

Kauf fell in the semi-final against Laffont but it didn't matter because Laffont had tumbled earlier and left the course which saw her out.

Lemley also fell in the semi against Anthony but salvaged her second medal in the small final.

In the dual moguls, two athletes compete against each other on the same course in elimination rounds and get marks for time, turns through the moguls and jumps.

“Duals has always been such a favourite event in the moguls skiing community, and so to have it on the Olympic stage, (you) can just feel the energy of the crowd. People were loving it here today. I hope everyone watching on TV loved it as much as we did. It's really cool,” Kauf said.