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Mogul Matt narrowly misses out on super-final

9/2/2014

 
PictureMatt Graham of Australia competes in the Men's Moguls Finals on day three of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
© Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
Australian mogul skier Matt Graham came agonisingly close to making the super-final of the men’s Moguls at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Monday night local time. The 19-year-old finished 0.01 of a point behind American Patrick Deneen in Final 2, placing him 7th, one position short of a super-final entry.

“Missing the super-final by that much is pretty heartbreaking, but overall I’m pretty happy with my performance,” Graham said.

Deneen was slightly faster down the course, which ultimately cost Graham the spot.

“I just backed off a little bit on that last run just because I knew a lot of people would be pushing it and there would be a lot of mistakes out there, which there was,” he said.

“Maybe if I just chucked my foot forward on the finish I would have got in.”

Graham was watched on in the crowd by his girlfriend and family.

“When they’re out here you don’t really want to stuff up, because they’ve spent a lot of money to get out here.”

Teammate Brodie Summers was knocked out by defending Olympic Champion Alex Bilodeau (CAN) on the last run in Final 1.

“When it’s [Mikael] Kingsbury and Bilodeau, they’re pretty reliable guys, you know they’re going to put down a performance,” the 20-year-old said of coming 13th.

“It’s a good learning experience and I was happy with my performance tonight, I just made that little mistake on the bottom air and it cost me.”

In the super-final, sentimental favourite Alex Bilodeau won Gold with a near perfect run in his last Olympic Games, scoring 26.31. His teammate Mikael Kingsbury took Silver (24.71) and Russia claimed its first Freestyle medal of the Sochi Games, with Bronze going to Alexandr Smyshlyaev (24.34).

Earlier in the evening, Dale Begg-Smith’s sporting career came to a crashing end when he fell, face first off the bottom air, landing him in 25th place. He was philosophical about his less than successful comeback in unfamiliar soft snow conditions. Fellow Australian Sam Hall also missed out on the finals phase, finishing 24th.

That ends the Moguls competition at Sochi 2014 and despite the Australian team not taking home any medals, they now have three women and four men in the top 20, and two up-and-coming teenagers showing podium potential.

Emily Groves | sochi2014.olympics.com.au


Fabulous fifth for Cox

8/2/2014

 
PictureBritteny Cox of Australia competes in the Ladies' Moguls Final 2 on day 1 of the... © Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
Australian teenager Britteny Cox finished fifth in the Moguls final at Extreme Park on Saturday night. In doing so, she became the most successful Australian female Moguls skier of all time.

“Incredible. That’s the skiing that I needed to do tonight. That final round of 12 was some of the best skiing I’ve ever done. I had a lot of fun on that Moguls course,” Cox said.

“It definitely feels like a win. These are happy tears right now.”

The 19-year-old admits she struggled a bit in the qualifications, but fought hard to get into the super-final.

In her final run, Cox pulled off a clean 360 on the first jump, picked up some speed in her turns through the middle, but then wobbled the landing of her backflip.

“A little bit overcooked on the bottom air which probably cost me a few points there, but I’m happy because I pushed the limits and personally that’s a big step and big hurdle for me,” she said.

The two-time Olympian is already looking forward to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

“In Moguls skiing, anything can happen especially when you’re down to that final six and the girls are just really pushing it. I could have been in there, on the podium, but I’m happy with my skiing tonight and really excited for what I can do in the future.”

Canadian sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe went 1-2, with defending Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney (USA) claiming Bronze.

Cox’s teammates Nicole Parks and Taylah O’Neill both had fantastic Olympic debuts to progress from qualifying to Final 1 where they finished 15th and 16th. To reach the top 20 finals was a goal of the pair and they delivered.

Emily Groves | sochi2014.olympics.com.au

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