After heartbreak for fellow Australian flag-bearer Jakara Anthony, Matt Graham will look to make amends and claim the nation’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Anthony was the gold medal favourite but, showing how moguls can turn in an instant, erred in the women’s final to finish eighth of eight runners.
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Graham, the 2018 silver medallist, is already into the final after claiming the 10th and final automatic qualifying spot in Tuesday’s running.
“Sneaked in there, probably got a little lucky, but I’ll take it,” Graham told Nine.
Anthony’s heartbreaking final run | 00:29
His compatriot Cooper Woods, who finished sixth at the Beijing Olympics, was 15th on Tuesday ahead of Olympic debutants George Murphy (26th) and Jackson Harvey (23rd).
All three men will compete in the second qualifying run tonight (8pm AEDT) with the best 10 of the remaining 20 athletes making the final.
The final is a two-part event, with 12 skiers to be eliminated in Final 1 (10:15pm AEDT) before the eight best performers go for the medals in Final 2.
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