Second mogul gold for USA’s Hemley at Gangwon 2024, while teammate Huff is denied a second gold by Korea’s Lee Yoon Seung

27 January 2024 - Team USA’s young mogul stars shone again at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 as Elizabeth Hemley took gold in the Women’s Dual Moguls - although teammate Porter Huff had to settle for silver this time.

17-year-old Lee Yoon Seung (KOR), silver medallist in the mixed team event behind Hemley and Huff, delighted the home fans by winning the Men’s Dual Moguls gold, beating Huff 18-17 in a thrilling Big Final over the bumps of the High 1 Ski Resort.

Takuto Nakamura (JPN) won the bronze by beating Jiah Cohen, another American, in the Small Final.

Lemley, who turned 18 this week, had paired up with 15-year-old Huff to win the mixed Team Mogul Gold for Team USA on Friday. She continued her scintillating form in the Women’s Dual Moguls - beating Australia’s Lottie Lodge 22-13 in the Big Final.

There was yet more mogul success for Team USA when Abby McLarnon beat Manuela Passaretta (ITA) in the Small Final to take bronze.

It is the first time that Dual Moguls have taken place at a Winter Youth Olympic Games, and the event has also been added to the programme of the next Winter Olympic Games to be held in Milano-Cortina in 2026. The freestyle skiing action now moves on to the Halfpipe and Big Air events.

Gangwon 2024 runs until 1 February, with more than 1,800 athletes from 78 NOCs taking part. The Winter Youth Olympic Games is filmed for live television and digital streaming on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the Olympics app, with full session replays and highlights also available.