Aussie Jakara Anthony finally receives Winter Olympic gold medal

Our new queen of the slopes has finally received her Winter Olympic gold medal, some 24 hours after she became just the sixth Australian to do so.

Jakara Anthony is Australia's newest golden girl after winning the women's moguls in Beijing late Sunday night, the nation's first gold medallist at the Games in 12 years.

But the young Victorian would have to wait another 24 hours to be presented with her gold medal and have the Australian anthem played in her honour. 

Unlike the Summer Olympics, medal ceremonies are separated from competition events at the Winter Games and are held in two parts.

The first part is a 'souvenir ceremony' held at the venue straight after the competition, where medallists in Beijing are presented with a plush panda toy. 

Athletes then travel to one of two purpose-built locations known as Medals Plaza to be presented with their medal. 

One is in Beijing while the other is almost 200 kilometres away in Zhangjiakou, which is closer to many outdoor Olympic events.

Unlike Australian bronze medal snowboarder Tess Coady whose event finished earlier on Sunday, Anthony's competition didn't wrap up until after 10pm Beijing time, which meant she had to wait another day. 

Medal ceremonies are also subject to strict rules due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. 

Anthony was all smiles at Monday night's much-anticipated ceremony and with the elusive gold medal finally around her neck, doesn't plan to let let it out of her sight anytime soon.

'I'll probably sleep with it tonight, let's be real,' she told Channel Seven afterwards.

'It's not coming off anytime soon. After a good night's sleep, it think it will feel very real.'

Anthony led every round of the women's moguls before saving her best for the final run of