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Australia has won its second gold medal of the Winter Olympics with Josie Baff taking out the gong in the woman’s snowboard cross.

Baff knew fellow Aussie gold medalist Cooper Woods growing up, and said his victory a day earlier "sparked a little fire in me".

Australia's most successful Winter Olympics to date came in 2010 with a gold medal in women's snowboard halfpipe and women's ski aerials for Torah Bright and Lydia Lassila respectively, and a silver in men's moguls for Dale Begg-Smith.

Ilia Malinin, the 21-year-old American who won back-to-back World Championships entering this Olympics, entered the free skate portion first in the competition. However, he struggled during the free skate, falling multiple times and ultimately finishing 15th in that portion en route to eighth overall.