Snowboarders shining in World Championship silver medals and Matt Graham's bounce back for bronze lead the Northern Hemisphere weekend in winter sport.
Snowboard Cross: Double silver in Austria ahead of World Championships
Jindabyne’s Olympic snowboard cross riders have claimed two silver medals at the World Cup in Montafon, Austria.
Adam Lambert was second in the individual event and then joined Josie Baff in the mixed team event for another silver. The double podium performance gives great confidence for the Australian snowboard cross team heading into the World Championships this week at St Moritz, Switzerland.
Adam continued his great recent form to make it back-to-back individual World Cup medals, winning every heat from the round of 32 through to the semi-final to secure his place in the big-final.
In the big-final medal round Adam faced a difficult proposition against three French riders Loan Bozzolo, Aidan Chollet and Merlin Surget. Adam was mid-field for most of the final but worked his way into a strong position for the best run to the finish line, overtaking Chollet for second place and the fifth World Cup podium of his career.
Photo credit: FIS Snowboard
Josie, a 2023 World Championships silver medallist, advanced through to her fourth individual big-final of the season. She finished in fourth place, trailing French women Lea Casta in first, Julia Pereira de Sousa in second and Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain in third.
Other Australian results included Cameron Bolton 13th, Mia Clift 16th, Abbey Wilson 18th on debut, James Johnstone a personal best 24th, Jarryd Hughes 28th, Declan Dent 37th, Cameron Turner 46th on debut and Matthew Thomas 52nd.
In the mixed team event NSWIS teammates Adam and Josie competed against two French teams and a Great Britain team in the big-final.
First to drop were the male riders and Adam had a tough heat, almost crashing out in the middle section finishing fourth, 0.44 seconds behind the leaders.
Josie rode a strong and fast leg in the final, making up the time differential early and battling it out with the two French teams. In a thrilling photo finish Josie fell just short of victory, missing the win by just three hundredths of a second.
Mogul Skiing: Matt skis to courageous World Championship bronze medal
Mogul skier Matt Graham recovered from a heavy semi-finals crash to win a dual moguls bronze medal at the World Championships in St Mortiz, Switzerland, where three of the top four men suffered heavy crashes in the semis.
Matt now has five World Championship medals in his remarkable career, the most of any Australian winter sports athlete, surpassing snowboarder Scotty James, who will compete in the World Championships next week.
Snowboard Slopestyle: Tess 12th in World Championships
Tess Coady finished 12th in the slopestyle final at the 2025 FIS Snowboard and Freestyle World Championships in St Mortiz, Switzerland.
NSWIS teammate Mela Stalker just missed the 12-woman final in 13th place, with a best score of 56.13 in the first run of qualifying.
In qualifying Tess scored 66.39 to see her safely through to the final in seventh position. She was unfortunately unable to put a clean run down in her two final runs, finishing in 12th place.
Cross-Country Skiing: PB for Lars Young Vik in final World Cup of the season
Lars Young Vik finished 31st in the sprint event at the final World Cup of the season in Lahti, Finland, a personal best and Australia’s best male sprint performance since 2018.
His time was two hundredths of a second short of qualifying for the 30-man final. Lars also teamed up with 2022 Olympian Seve De Campo to finish 26th in the men’s team sprint.
Full Australian Cross-Country Team results here.
Freeski Slopestyle: 20th for Daisy in World Championship debut
Daisy Thomas, Abi Harrigan and Joey Elliss have represented Australia in the freeski slopestyle event at the 2025 FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships on Corvatch mountain in St Moritz, Switzerland.
In the women’s competition NSWIS skiers Daisy and Abi missed out on the 12-woman final finishing in 20th and 24th places respectively. On World Championships debut Daisy’s best score came in her second run scoring 44.34.
Joey also made his World Championships debut and placed 40th in the men’s event.
