Jakara Anthony wins ninth World Cup moguls victory of season to leave one off Australian record

Jakara Anthony’s record-setting form has continued with the Australian claiming her ninth World Cup moguls victory of the season and securing the Crystal Globe title for single moguls in the process.

It was also a momentous day for fellow Aussie Cooper Woods, who broke through for his first career World Cup podium in Waterville Valley in the US state of New Hampshire.

Anthony again won every stage of the competition and in the super-final medal round scored 81.22 points to finish 9.49 points clear of second-placed Olympic silver medallist Jaelen Kauf of the US on 71.71 points.

Another American, Hannah Soar, rounded out the podium with 67.93 points.

Anthony now has 17 career World Cup wins and is one victory away from matching the legendary Dale Begg-Smith on 18 career victories.

“That’s awesome. I kind of knew it in the back of my head but all the focus was out there on the run, so to get the job done on a pretty tricky course I am over the moon,” said 25-year-old Anthony, who hails from Barwon Heads in Victoria.

“It’s crazy to have locked that [Crystal Globe] up so early [with two events remaining] and to have taken so many [wins] in a row.

“You can’t think about it too much because that’s a pretty fragile stat there but I am pretty stoked to have achieved that this season.”

In the men’s event, Woods has been showing great potential since finishing sixth at the 2022 Olympics.

Woods, from Pambula Beach in NSW, has qualified for the finals in every event this season and has been close to the podium, so he will be relieved to claim the first World Cup medal of his career.