Embracing fear has become part and parcel of Jakara Anthony’s life, so it is little surprise the thought of going from the hunter to the hunted come the Winter Olympics in 100 days’ time is no concern. It’s a “privilege”.

Surprisingly, given the risks inherent in her sport, the freestyle skier had experienced few crashes in her career.

However, a December training incident in Sweden threatened to jeopardise her dreams of defending the moguls gold medal she won at the 2022 Beijing Games.

“I broke my collarbone, so that was my biggest one to date, and that was a surgery job,” Anthony told this masthead ahead of the 100-day countdown to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

“Unfortunately, I missed most of the competition season. But I’m back to 100 per cent.”

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