Australia has won its second gold medal of the Winter Olympics with Josie Baff taking out the gong in the woman’s snowboard cross.
Baff knew fellow Aussie gold medalist Cooper Woods growing up, and said his victory a day earlier "sparked a little fire in me".
Gaon Choi stuns Chloe Kim, and Josie Baff makes Aussie history — catch some of the standout moments from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
The injury-ravaged Australian snowboard cross team earned an enormous boost with Josie Baff's Winter Olympic gold medal, with injured teammate Cam Bolton urging his teammate to keep the faith.
Australia's most successful Winter Olympics to date came in 2010 with a gold medal in women's snowboard halfpipe and women's ski aerials for Torah Bright and Lydia Lassila respectively, and a silver in men's moguls for Dale Begg-Smith.
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Winter Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Crash Just Days Before He Was Set to Compete
Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to the hospital after breaking his neck while training for the 2026 Winter Olympics
Scotty James has fallen short of an elusive Olympic gold, instead claiming a second silver medal in the snowboard halfpipe.
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No losers on a memorable Olympic halfpipe, but Scotty James gets silver behind Japan's Yuto Totsuka
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The best snowboard contest in history came down to one trick. Half a spin, really. Scotty James built up speed, launched himself above the coping of the halfpipe and took his Olympic hopes and dreams for a twirl through the clear,
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