Cooper Woods came into the 2026 Winter Olympic Games ranked 22nd in the World Cup rankings in moguls. But in finding his purpose, he roared to a glorious gold medal.
Cooper Woods claimed Australia's first medal at the Milan/Cortina Olympics, a gold by stunning the favourites in the freestyle skiing moguls on Thursday. Woods topped the first run which reduced the field from 20 to eight skiers and then repeated the trick as the final man in a dramatic finale.
Cooper Woods, a 25-year-old skier from the New South Wales town of Merimbula, has produced an almost flawless run to shock the world and win Australia's seventh ever Winter Olympic gold medal.
Our Ask Me Anything team look at how Australia have fared over the years at the Winter Olympics.
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Cooper Woods shocks the world to win gold in men’s moguls at Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games
Australia is celebrating its first gold medal at the Milano Cortina Games after Cooper Woods shocked the world to win the men’s moguls in one of the biggest upsets in Winter Olympics history.
Follow live text, BBC TV coverage, radio commentary, reaction and updates from the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.
Australia has a "home away from home" for the Milan Cortina Olympics at the European Training Centre in Gavirate, Italy
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