American Jaelin Kauf wins silver in women’s dual moguls final, earns second medal at Milan Cortina

American freestyle skier Jaelin Kauf picked up her 2nd medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, earning a metallic medal successful the first-ever women’s dual moguls last connected Saturday. 

Kauf, a 29-year-old Colorado native, raced against 2022 idiosyncratic Olympic champion Jakara Anthony of Australia successful the final. She finished with a people of 15, settling for metallic down Anthony’s 20. 

United States' Jaelin Kauf competes successful the women's freestyle skiing dual moguls finals astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics. Livigno, Italy, connected Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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The medal marks Kauf’s 3rd Olympic medal, each silver. She earned her archetypal metallic medal astatine the 2022 Beijing Winter Games successful the idiosyncratic moguls. She earned different metallic successful the aforesaid lawsuit connected Tuesday.

The event, wherever competitors navigate a bid of moguls and bash a bid of flips and twists disconnected 2 jumps, has been a portion of the Winter Olympics since 1992, but for the archetypal time, the dual moguls lawsuit incorporated a racing constituent wherever competitors spell head-to-head down the mountain, with the amended people advancing. 

Silver medalist United States' Jaelin Kauf celebrates aft the women's freestyle skiing dual moguls finals astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics. Livigno, Italy, connected Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Rounding retired the podium was 20-year-old American freestyle skier Elizabeth Lemley, who days earlier upset Anthony successful the idiosyncratic last to gain her archetypal Olympic golden medal. She became the archetypal American pistillate to triumph golden successful moguls since Hannah Kearney successful 2010. 

It besides marked the 3rd golden medal successful women’s U.S. moguls history.

Saturday’s last represented an awesome showing for Team USA’s moguls squad this year, arsenic the 2 freestyle skiers stood connected the podium unneurotic for the 2nd clip successful these Games. 

From left, metallic medalist United States' Jaelin Kauf, golden medalist United States' Elizabeth Lemley and bronze medalist France's Perrine Laffont instrumentality a selfie aft the women's freestyle skiing moguls finals astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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"It’s been a agelong clip coming for this squad to basal connected apical of the podium astatine the Olympic Games, since Hannah Kearney retired," Kauf said aft her idiosyncratic medal connected Wednesday. "So it’s truly chill to yet get that and to person 1 and two."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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