Team USA dominates women's moguls podium, wins gold and silver at Olympics

LIVIGNO, Italy — Liz Lemley was certainly a medal contender entering the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

But gold? You had to see it to believe it.

So "The Star Spangled Banner” played for the first time at the snow sports cluster in Livigno and Lemley took the top spot on the podium with teammate Jaelin Kauf, who won silver in the event for the second straight year, by her side.

Lemley’s blistering and technical final run resulted in a 82.30 and Kauf finished at 80.77. Australia’s Jakara Anthony, the defending Olympic champion, made a bad turn in the middle of the first run to clinch the top two podium spots for the USA. France's Perrine Laffont took the bronze medal home with a 78.00.

As Kauf and Lemley made their way to the friends and family section, there were more than enough tears of joy and hugs and cries of “Oh my god!” Kauf’s family held up homemade cutouts of the letter “J” and Lemley’s friends from Colorado hoisted her up on their shoulders.