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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Martin Pegan

Australia’s Winter Olympians ride waves of emotion after Games

Scotty James reacts with his hands on his head after his final halfpipe run
Scotty James was one of Australia’s four medallists at Milano Cortina 2026 but that could not stop his disappointment at missing Olympic gold. Photograph: Action Press/Shutterstock

Snowboard star and three-time Olympic medallist Scotty James is still riding a wave of emotion. Australia’s most decorated winter athlete has been coming to terms with narrowly missing out on the elusive gold that would have completed his set of medals in the halfpipe.

“After a week of reflection, I’ve felt all of it,” he said in a raw social media post. “The pride. The gratitude. The disbelief. And yeah … the anger too. I’ve replayed it in my head more times than I’d like to admit. One run. A couple of small moments that separate gold from silver at the Olympic Games. It’s wild how something so big can come down to something so small.”

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