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US' Elizabeth Lemley celebrates her gold medal at the award ceremony after the freestyle skiing Women's moguls final at Livigno Snow Park during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Oliver Weiken/dpa
US freestyle skier Elizabeth Lemley snatched gold in the women's moguls on Wednesday after Beijing champion Jakara Anthony of Australia flopped on what was expected to be a winning run.
It is the 20-year-old's first major title after she scored 82.30 points in the second final to edge out compatriot Jaelin Kauf, who also took silver in China four years ago. Bronze went to France's Perrine Laffont, the 2018 Olympic champion.
Lemley suffered a cruciate knee ligament tear in 2024 but has bounced back in style in her first Olympics.
"I’ve had so much support over my whole lifetime and I’ve worked so hard this past year to rehab my ACL, and it just means so much to win it and I’m so proud of myself," she told reporters.
She goes again in the dual moguls on Saturday having won gold at the 2024 Winter Youth Games in the discipline.
Anthony ended up finishing eighth and last after suddenly losing her balance on the moguls in the last run of the competition.
"I am pretty bummed to be honest. I definitely had what it took to be in that top spot," said Anthony, who had also fought back from injury to be at these Games.
"It is about one of the only mistakes I have made on the course. Not quite the ending I has hoping for."
She led the standings in both qualification and in the first final, but a back-to-back Olympic gold evaporated in the second to shrieks of surprise from the crowd in Livigno.
Success would have given Australia their first medal of the Milan/Cortina Winter Games. The 27-year-old was Australia's sole gold at Beijing 2022.
In second qualification earlier on Wednesday, Sweden's Elis Lundholm failed to make it to the women's finals after becoming the first openly trans athlete to compete at a Winter Olympics in Tuesday's first qualifying.
Lundholm identifies as a man but has not had gender-affirming surgery.
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France's Perrine Laffont celebrates her bronze medal at the medal ceremony after the freestyle skiing Women's moguls final at Livigno Snow Park during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Oliver Weiken/dpa
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(L-R) US' runner-up Jaelin Kauf, US' winner Elizabeth Lemley and France's third-placed Perrine Laffont celebrate their medals at the award ceremony after the freestyle skiing Women's moguls final at Livigno Snow Park during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Oliver Weiken/dpa
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(L-R) US' runner-up Jaelin Kauf, US' winner Elizabeth Lemley and France's third-placed Perrine Laffont celebrate their medals at the award ceremony after the freestyle skiing Women's moguls final at Livigno Snow Park during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Oliver Weiken/dpa
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