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Jakara Anthony has continued her dazzling start to the freestyle skiing season, winning her second World Cup moguls title in the space of a week in Scandinavia.
- Jakara Anthony claimed the World Cup moguls title in Sweden, a week after winning one in Finland
- Anthony scored 81.75 to finish 1.73 points clear of Japanese teenager Anri Kawamura
- Aussies Matt Graham (77.53) and Cooper Woods (76.55) finished sixth and seventh in the men's competition
Australia's Olympic champion Anthony, rapidly becoming one of the most dominant athletes in any winter sport, took the title in the Swedish resort of Idre Fjall just seven days after prevailing in Ruka, Finland.
Starting the season with two straight wins, 24-year-old Anthony, who dominated at the Beijing Olympics in February to be crowned Australia's sole champion there, will go for a hat-trick in tonight's opening dual moguls.
"It's a wild way to kick off the season with back-to-back wins here and in Ruka," said Anthony, who's already overwhelming favourite to successfully defend her crystal globe as overall World Cup moguls champ.
"I'm really proud how I've been able to progress over the days I've been here on the course.
"There's been a lot of figuring out to do, a lot of changes to make and I think I'm making progress in the right direction."
Anthony scored 81.75 to finish 1.73 points clear of Japanese teenager Anri Kawamura, who looks set to be the Cairns athlete's biggest challenger after making seven podiums from eight events last season.
In the overall standings, Anthony has a maximum 200 points with 2018 Olympic champion Perrine Laffont, who was third in Idre Fjall, equal second with Kawamura on 140.
Anthony hopes to extend her lead in the duals event in which pairs of athletes compete in head-to-head elimination rounds.
"Duals is wild," she said.
"Coming in off winning the tour last year, it's going to be really exciting."
In the equivalent men's event, Aussies Matt Graham (77.53) and Cooper Woods (76.55) finished sixth and seventh respectively as young American moguls prospect Nick Page caused a shock by beating six-time world champion Mikael Kingsbury to record his first ever World Cup victory.
AAP