Australia’s Jakara Anthony wins gold in women’s moguls after smooth run at Beijing Games

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Jakara Anthony of Australia made it look almost easy, breezing through the bumps as the last competitor of the night to capture the women’s moguls title at the Beijing Olympics.

Anthony’s back flip with a grab at the bottom sewed up the gold medal Sunday on the Secret Garden Olympic ski course. Her score of 83.09 edged Jaelin Kauf, who was poised to pick up the first gold medal for Team USA at this year's Winter Games.

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Russian athlete Anastasiia Smirnova earned the bronze and defending champion Perrine Laffont of France took fourth.

The 23-year-old Anthony joins Dale Begg-Smith as the only Aussies to win the Olympic moguls event. Begg-Smith earned his title at the 2006 Turin Games.

Anthony needed to be at her best after Kauf's electric run right before her. Although Kauf was faster from top-to-bottom, Anthony's form appeared a smidge cleaner and her jumps a little more difficult.

Australia's Jakara Anthony celebrates after winning the gold medal for the women's moguls finals at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.  (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Still, it was an incredible bounce-back Olympic performance for Kauf, who entered the Pyeongchang Games four years ago as the top-ranked moguls skier only to finish a disappointing seventh.

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Kauf is the next generation of daredevils in her family. Her mother, Patti, and father, Scott, picked up plenty of moguls titles back in their day. But she now has the nicest prize of all — an Olympic silver medal.

The hardware will pair nice with the gold and silver Olympic-themed