Jindabyne star Josie Baff was brought to tears on the podium after she became the first Australian woman to win Olympic snowboard cross gold following a riveting photo finish at Milano Cortina.
Inspired by seeing her childhood friend Cooper Woods shock the world to win gold, Australian snowboarder Josie Baff blew her big-name rivals away to collect her own gold medal at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Australia has won its second gold medal of the Winter Olympics with Josie Baff taking out the gong in the woman’s snowboard cross.
Phoebe Heaydon told the Vail Daily in 2010 “I like going fast” in order to explain how at age four she was poised to win a NASTAR ski-racing national championship, but then she went on the
Gaon Choi stuns Chloe Kim, and Josie Baff makes Aussie history — catch some of the standout moments from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
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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,
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.
Cooper Woods came into the 2026 Winter Olympic Games ranked 22nd in the World Cup rankings in moguls. But in finding his purpose, he roared to a glorious gold medal.
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