Cooper Woods may have heard the cheers from Australian soil as he won a gold medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics overnight. The 25-year-old became the seventh Australian to be crowned a Winter Olympic champion when he won the men's mogul run. Locals from his home town of Pambula Beach on the NSW far south coast were weary eyed with hoarse voices this morning after watching his gold-winning run.
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Cooper Woods's hometown celebrates his Milano Cortina Winter Olympics gold
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