Chloé Dufour-Lapointe places 9th in Olympic moguls after sister, teammate crash out

The scorecard from Sunday night's Beijing Olympic moguls competition read two DNF (did not finish) and a missed podium for a trio of Canadian women.

First, 2014 champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe's quest to become a three-time Winter Games medallist came to a halt when the Montreal resident crashed early in the opener of a three-round final at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China.

WATCH | Dufour-Lapointe falls in middle section of finals run:

Sofiane Gagnon, making her Olympic debut, followed in the next round when the freestyle skier from Whistler, B.C., fell after her pole got stuck between a mogul and her ski.

That left Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist and lone Canadian remaining in the field, to refocus attention on the competition on a cold evening. Aiming to improve on a 17th-place Olympic performance four years ago in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she finished ninth overall but missed qualifying for the super final.

WATCH | Gagnon's solid Olympic debut ends with crash:

Australia's Jakara Anthony made her coach Steve Desovich look like a genius when she earned 83.09 points for the gold medal. Before Sunday's competition, Desovich predicted the 23-year-old would return home with gold or silver.

American Jaelin Kauf (80.28) finished behind Anthony while Russia's Anastasia Smirnova (77.72) rounded out the medal podium.

France's Perrine Laffont, the 2018 champion, placed fourth with 77.36 points. Anri Kawamura, the 17-year-old World Cup leader this season, was also considered a serious contender for gold but finished fifth (77.12).