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Double moguls gold for Australian skiers

Australian mogul skiers Britt Cox and Matt Graham have both won World Cup events in Canada.

Matt Graham of Australia in Calgary, Alberta
Australian mogul skiers Britt Cox and Matt Graham (pic) have both won World Cup events in Canada. (AAP)

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Britt Cox and Matt Graham have claimed twin World Cup victories in Canada, marking the most successful day for the Australian mogul skiing team.

Overall leader Cox won the women's event in Calgary - her third triumph of a standout season.

Shortly afterwards, Graham saluted in the men's event in Calgary, edging out local hero and overall World Cup champion Mikael Kingsbury, widely regarded as the most-successful World Cup mogul skier.

"The course here is very technical," said Graham.

"There's not many courses like this in the world. The second half is much harder.

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"It was pretty bizarre being the last to go and up there by myself. It was windy with a cross tail-wind.

"There was the sound of the wind and I just got in a good head space."

Cox, 22, said she was particularly thrilled to wear her green jacket and the yellow bib reserved for the World Cup leader on the first day of training in Calgary, which just happened to be Australia Day.

"I was really happy with my skiing today and glad to execute in all three rounds," Cox said. "Especially as the conditions changed throughout the day.

"It feels unreal to share the top spot on the podium with Matt. We train together all year round and I'm stoked to see his hard work paying off," said Cox.

There are seven more World Cups before the world championships in early March in Spain.

In other action, Australian slopestyle skier Russ Henshaw finished third in the World Cup round in Seiser Alm, Italy.


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