ABOVE & PYEONG

Key Australians in PyeongChang

BRITT COX MOGULS

Mount Beauty (Vic)

The world champion is just 23 but is competing at her third Games. She has dominated the sport for the past two seasons with seven World Cup golds and won recently in Finland and Canada in a strong lead-up campaign.

SCOTTY JAMES SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE

Warrandyte (Vic)

Also 23 and a dual Olympian, James defended his world championship last year and was strong in winning World Cup and X-Games silver last month. Yesterday named Australia’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony, James is rarely outside the top 10 in World Cup events.

ALEX “CHUMPY” PULLIN SNOWBOARD CROSS Sydney (NSW)

Went into Sochi 2014 as gold medal favourite before crashing out in the quarterfinals, but remains a force. The

dual world champion topped the world rankings with two World Cup gold medals and a bronze early in the season before losing the position to French star Pierre Vaultier.

LYDIA LASSILA AERIAL SKI

Lorne (Vic)

Has hit form with World Cup gold and silver in January. A proven Olympic performer with gold in Vancouver and bronze in Sochi, Lassila (above), 35, will become our first woman to go to five Games.

DANIELLE SCOTT AERIAL SKI

Sydney (NSW)

Claimed four podiums in seven World Cup events to finish second in the world last season. Won gold in China in December to be the world No.6 in 2017-18.

MATT GRAHAM MOGULS Narara (NSW)

Graham (right), 23, heads to his second Olympics after a breakout 2016-17 where he was consistently in the World Cup top 10. He’s No.3 in the world with four podium finishes this season.

ADAM LAMBERT SNOWBOARD CROSS Jindabyne (NSW)

Announced himself as a medal threat with a second place in France in December. A consistent start to the season sees him eighth in the world standings.

JARRYD HUGHES SNOWBOARD CROSS Sydney (NSW)

The 2014 Olympian has endured five knee operations but proved he had fully recovered by taking out the World Cup event in Austria in December and placing sixth in Germany last weekend. Hughes was ranked second in the world heading to Sochi before placing 17th.

DAVID MORRIS AERIAL SKI

Park Orchards (Vic)

Morris, 31, won silver in Sochi and bronze at last year’s world championships. He has been in the top 15 of all but one of his five World Cup events in 2017-18.

HARLEY WINDSOR/ EKATERINA ALEXANDROVSKAYA FIGURE SKATING Sydney (NSW)

Outsiders for a medal but could surprise on the back of a memorable 2017. After winning the world junior championship and gaining Olympic qualification, they took out the Junior Grand Prix in Japan and were solid at the recent Four Continents.

DEANNA LOCKETT SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING Ipswich (Qld)

The 1500m world No.7 was 18 in Sochi, where she finished 26th in her pet event and ninth in the 1000m. She claimed 1500m World

Cup bronze in Budapest in September.