Australian mogul skier, Charlotte Wilson, has taken her first FIS World Cup podium, claiming gold in a truly stunning FIS World Cup dual moguls competition in Livigno, Italy overnight.
Mogul skier Charlotte Wilson has stunned the FIS World Cup circuit on the site of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Livigno, Italy, next February.
Fresh off winning the “rookie of the year” cup the day before, Wilson set the record for the fewest amount of starts by an Australian mogul skier to win World Cup gold, in just her tenth start of her first season competing at the highest level.
She is only the third Australian female mogul skier to win a World Cup event following in the footsteps of World Champion Britt Cox and Olympic Champion Jakara Anthony.
Wilson started the dual moguls strongly, defeating world number four Canadian Maia Schwinghammer 18 to 17 in the round of 32. Wilson then defeated world number three Rino Yanagimoto of Japan in the quarter-finals 23 to 12 to set up a semi-final matchup with 2018 Olympic Champion and world number two Perrine Lafont of France.
In the semi-final, Wilson won a close dual against the French champion 18-17, to advance to the gold medal dual with current world number one Jaelin Kauf of the USA.
Wilson continued her incredible form against the American, winning 22-13 for the first podium and victory of her career.
“It hasn’t sunk in yet, this is an incredible day and an incredible feeling. I spoke earlier about wanting that momentum from yesterday to carry on and I really think it did today” said the 20-year-old from the NSW Snowy Mountains.
“I was just trying to do my run today, blinkers on and put down the best run I could, I knew I would have to really push the speed today and I obviously managed to do that.
“It’s a good confidence boost leading into next year, top-10 yesterday and a win today, the next 11 months are going to be tough and hard work, but I really like the venue and next year is going to be awesome.”
The final competition of the season is the prestigious FIS World Championships, which will take place in the iconic Swiss resort of St Moritz, featuring the moguls event on March 19 and dual moguls on March 21.
