Australia’s Britt Cox got herself back on the podium overnight with a third place at the FIS World Cup season opener in Ruka, Finland.
Cox skied hard to secure a third place (her sixteenth World Cup medal to date) behind Japan skier Anri Kawamura (silver) and France’s Perrine Laffont (gold).
βIt feels so amazing, mogul skiing is my absolute passionβ said Cox, Australiaβs most successful womenβs mogul skier, after her bronze win.
βItβs been a pretty tough 18 months to get back to skiing how I wanted to ski, thereβs no other secret I think than hard work and showing up at training with the intention to give your best and just remembering why you do it, I do it because I love skiing. Every morning I wake up Iβm grateful I get to do this as my job.β
French skier Perrine Laffont took gold and Anri Kawamura (Japan) took silver at the event while Australian Jakara Anthony also qualified for the final and finished in fifth place.
Australiaβs PyeongChang silver medallist, Matt Graham, qualified third for the menβs mogul finals in Ruka and finished the event with a top 10 finish with ninth place.Β