Olympic moguls champion Jakara Anthony has become Australia's most successful winter sports athlete in a single season after winning her 12th medal at the women's moguls World Cup final in Megève, France.
Having equalled the records set by Alisa Camplin and Britt Cox — and following her gold medal win in the dual moguls event in Italy last weekend — Anthony followed it up with two silvers on Friday and Saturday to write her name into the history books.
Despite finishing second behind France's Perrine Laffont in her final two events, the 23-year-old's consistent efforts saw her claim her first ever Crystal Globe World Cup title: the Grand Slam of moguls.
Anthony topped the overall moguls standings, with 925 points, and the dual moguls table, with 340, while Laffont — who won gold in the last two events of this circuit — finished with 906 and 296 points respectively.
Japan's Anri Kawamura ended her campaign third in overall moguls with 704.
Anthony's world title caps off a sensational three months for the Queenslander, who won Australia's first ever moguls gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.
It was the country's only gold in Beijing, breaking a 12-year drought since an Aussie last topped the podium, with Anthony becoming just the sixth Australian ever to win the Winter Games' highest honour.
That ripping campaign didn't come from nowhere, though. Anthony's meteoric rise to Olympic — and now world championship — glory was foretold by her ongoing excellence throughout the World Cup circuit, which began with a shock fourth-placed finish at the PyeongChang Games in 2018.
She finished third at the Deer Valley World Cup in January this year, which arguably fuelled the fire that has led to her historic titles in the months since.
Anthony's relationship with former record-holders Camplin and Cox doesn't stop with simply surpassing their achievements, though.
On the morning of the Beijing Olympic moguls final, the world number one spent her time doing puzzles gifted to her by aerials legend Camplin, who was the first Australian to win medals at consecutive Winter Games in 2002 and 2006.
"It's an incredible way to finish off the season," Anthony said after her world title win on Saturday.
"The crowd here were incredible, and to get to ski against Perrine — one of the great female athletes of our sport — was really special.
"This is my first time taking the big globe and this is the first time we have had a dual mogul globe, so to be able to take that out just really shows how consistent I've been able to be this season at a really high level.
"It wasn't easy — the women's field is so high this year and everyone is really stepping up their game — so these feel extra special."
