The hardware will pair nicely with the gold and silver Olympic-themed necklaces her mom custom-made for her as good-luck charms before each of the last two Winter Games. But she now has the nicest prize of all - an Olympic silver medal. Her mother, Patti, and father, Scott, picked up plenty of moguls titles back in their day. Kauf is the next generation of daredevils in her family. “I wanted to walk away with absolutely no regrets in my skiing and just put it all out there 100% every time.” “I was skiing to win every single round,” Kauf said of her strategy this time around. Still, it was an incredible bounce-back Olympic performance for Kauf, who entered the Pyeongchang Games four years ago as the top-ranked moguls skier only to finish a disappointing seventh. Although Kauf was faster from top to bottom, Anthony's form appeared a smidge cleaner and her jumps a little more difficult. A celebratory scoop.Īnthony needed to be at her best after Kauf's electric run right before her.

“If I had to go somewhere right now, I’d love some warm weather,” Anthony said after competing in the frigid temperatures. Her reward may just be to treat herself to one of her favorite spots - the beach. Begg-Smith earned his title at the 2006 Turin Games. Russian athlete Anastasiia Smirnova earned the bronze and defending champion Perrine Laffont of France was fourth.Īnthony joins Dale Begg-Smith as the only Aussies to win the Olympic moguls event. Her score of 83.09 edged Jaelin Kauf, who was poised to pick up the first gold medal for Team USA at this year's Winter Games. 1 come up next my name, it was incredible.”

“I was just so happy with that and content with that and no matter what the outcome was, I was going to be stoked,” she said.

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