Britt Cox takes gold and Matt Graham silver in first FIS World Cup of the season

Australian mogul skier, Britt Cox, won her first ever FIS World Cup event in Ruka, Finland today. Her male teammate, Matt Graham, scored silver behind current world number one, Canadian Mikael Kingsbury who won his record 34th moguls World Cup victory.

Britt scored 73.91 points on the Finnish course to take first place with Perrine Laffont of France in second place and Keaton McCargo from the USA in third.

@britt_mogul_cox was on fire today ??? as she stormed through the course in Ruka for her first-ever career win! #fisfreestyle #moguls #worldcup #ruka #freestyleopening @freestyleopening @rukaskiresort @owi_aus

A video posted by FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup (@fisfreestyle) on Dec 10, 2016 at 12:38pm PST

Fellow Aussie, Rohan Chapman Davies also made it to his first FIS World Cup final and finished 15th in the line up.

Check out the gallery of images from the Australian Mogul Skiing Academy.

Ruka Finland course pic by @ausmsa Instagram

Aussie male moguls team pic by @ausmsa Instagram

Britt Cox pic by @ausmsa Instagram

Mikael Kingsbury & Matt Graham Deer Valley 2017. pic from @ausmsa Instagram