Global sports fans have expressed disbelief over Australia’s record Winter Olympics success, as the nation topples northern hemisphere heavyweights in the medal tally.

If you’ve been following freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, you’ve probably noticed the blue flag with a Union Jack in the upper lefthand corner and a Southern Cross on the right side popping up pretty frequently on the leaderboard.

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LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Jakara Anthony brought another freestyle-skiing gold medal to Australia on Saturday, winning in the Winter Olympics debut of dual moguls, the wilder and more unpredictable cousin of moguls skiing that has been in the Games for decades.

Gaon Choi stuns Chloe Kim, and Josie Baff makes Aussie history — catch some of the standout moments from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

The Milano Cortina Games have been Australia’s most successful Winter Olympics campaign in history, and remarkably, it could have been even better. Anthony stumbled in the singles moguls final and missed out on the medals after she was the hot favourite to defend her gold from 2022.

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, Americans have appeared to only just discover one of the most famous tales in Australian sporting history. Australia has been in the spotlight at the Milano-Cortina Games thanks to the nation’s best ever performance on the snow and ice.

Our Ask Me Anything team look at how Australia have fared over the years at the Winter Olympics.

With a background in mathematics and an enviable attention to detail, it would be tempting to think of Australian ski coach Peter McNiel as moguls' answer to Moneyball. The truth is far more detailed.