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Weekly Wrap: Two Gold Medals as World Cup Season Commences

NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) athletes have kicked off their northern hemisphere winter world cup campaign with a bang, claiming three medals, two of which were gold.

Josie Claims First Ever World Cup Victory

Josie Baff has made an incredible start to the world cup season, winning gold in the opening snowboard cross event in Les Deux Alpes, France. The podium performance is the first of the 19-year-old teenagers’ career in just her eighth world cup start, becoming just the second Australian female snowboard cross rider to win a world cup event.

Gold for Jakara and Bronze for Matt

2022 Olympic Gold Medallist Jakara Anthony earned the highest turn and air points in the women’s super final at the first world cup of the season, to claim the fifth world cup victory of her career with a huge score of 81.69, more than three points ahead of second place.

In the men’s event, 2018 Olympic Silver Medallist Matt Graham bounced back strongly from his injury interrupted Olympic season, to record the 19^th podium of his world cup career, taking out the bronze.

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Amy Appointed to Key Role for Pacific Games

NSWIS Board member and Olympic water polo bronze medallist Amy Hetzel Jones has been appointed by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) as deputy Chef de Mission alongside Olympic champion kayaker Ken Wallace as Chef de Mission to lead Australia’s Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games team.