Fresh off final exams, Columbia student Olivia Giaccio earned her third career moguls World Cup victory, an early boost to her chances of making a second Olympic team.
Giaccio, 24, won at the season’s third World Cup stop in Bakuriani, Georgia, on Friday.
She tallied 80.19 points in her last run, edging 2018 Olympic gold medalist Perrine Laffont of France (76.53) and American Jaelin Kauf (76.13), the 2022 Olympic silver medalist.
Australian Jakara Anthony, the 2022 Olympic champion, is out after surgery for a reported broken collarbone.
A few days ago, Giaccio took her last final exam as an undergraduate, remotely of course. She is set to graduate later this month with a psychology degree and walk at a graduation ceremony in the spring, according to U.S. Ski and Snowboard.
Giaccio’s student-athlete life is featured in this week’s Stifel Snow Show here.
The U.S. is the world’s strongest nation in women’s moguls. Six American women ranked in the top nine in last season’s World Cup standings, led by Kauf (second) and Giaccio (third).
The 2026 U.S. Olympic team will be made up of up to four women. Selections are expected to be primarily based on World Cup results.
Giaccio was sixth in her Olympic debut in 2022. Last February, she became the first woman to win a moguls competition with a cork 1080.
