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Podium run ends for Australia's moguls queen Anthony

Olympic moguls champion Jakara Anthony has proved human, crashing out of the World Cup at Deer Valley in the US to end her stunning winning run.

The Victorian had seemed almost unstoppable this season, equalling fellow Olympic moguls champion Dale Begg-Smith's Australian record of 18 career World Cup victories with her 10th title of the season.

Anthony was again sitting pretty, leading the field into the 16-skier final on Thursday night (local time).

But she failed to land her top jump and, although she managed to recover from the crash, she finished 13th to miss the six-spot Super Final. 

It's the first time in 12 events this season that she missed out on the podium, winning 10 of the previous 11 and picking up bronze in the other.

The Australian men also had a tough night on the famous course.

Young gun Cooper Woods, who won his first World Cup medal with a silver last week in Waterville, qualified for the final in third with Sweden's Filip Gravenfors in top spot.

The 23-year-old landed a towering double-full off the top jump and set a cracking pace but his skis got away from him and he went off course, putting him at the back of the pack with a DNF.

Pyeonchang 2018 Olympic silver medallist Matt Graham looked in great touch in his run, with the commentators declaring it felt "like a Super Final kind of run".

However the judges didn't agree, with the 29-year-old's score leaving him in ninth spot.

The women's event was won by Olivia Giaccio who scored 75.42 to be well clear of fellow American Jaelin Kauf, 70.87, with Japan's Hinako Tomitaka taking the bronze medal (67.33).

Legendary Canadian Mikael Kingsbury topped the men's competition with a Super Final score of 82.17, with Japan's Ikuma Horishima claiming silver with 79.15 and Gravenors third with 78.80.

It was Kingsbury's 87th World Cup victory, with the Canadian moving past  Swedish alpine racing great Ingemar Stenmark who captured 86 World Cup wins.

"I wasn't thinking about that at the top but when I crosed the line I knew it was good," said the 31-year-old, with the victory his 15th on the Deer Valley course.

"To get to a number that no man has done in the sport of skiing in any discipline, I feel very lucky to be there, it's a special day."

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