Australia on the cusp of best ever Olympic Winter Games medal haul

The three medals are already an improvement on PyeongChang 2018, where the team went home with two silvers and a bronze and are on target to add more to their tally before the end of the showpiece on Sunday, 20 February. Should they add more to their collection, the class of 2022 may eclipse their most successful Winter Olympics at Vancouver 2010, where they won two gold and one silver medal.

The Australian contingent got their campaign off to a roaring start with Jakara Anthony and Tess Coady winning gold and silver in their respective events on Sunday (6 February). Anthony made history winning gold in the moguls becoming the first Australian woman to earn a medal in the event at the Olympic Winter Games.

The freestyle skier stamped her authority, winning all her rounds to reach the final, where she claimed the gold medal with a score of 83.09 points. The two-time Olympian finished 2.81 points ahead of the second-placed Jaelin Kauf of the United States.

"I'm so proud that I was able to let myself ski like that," Anthony said.

"Gold medal was the plan, so I'd say it went according to plan. It was pretty tough to try not to get too far ahead of yourself.

"You have to constantly bring yourself back to the moment and just try to take things one step at a time, which is easier said than done."

Halfpipe snowboarder Scotty James was full of value in the massive halfpipe at the Genting Snow Park, where he landed a switch backside 1260-to-1440 combo to earn him the silver in the men's snowboard halfpipe final.

James briefly spent time in first place before Japan's Hirano Ayumu unleashed a pair of triple corks for a winning score of 96.0 in his final run to relegate the Australian into second place.

The 27-year-old James won the