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Olympic champion Jakara Anthony has undergone surgery after breaking her collarbone in a training fall, ruling her out of the next moguls World Cup round.
Superstar skier Jakara Anthony will miss the next World Cup moguls event in Georgia after undergoing surgery on a broken collarbone.
Australia's reigning Olympic champion started the season with a bang, finishing second in Finland before topping the podium in Idre Fjall, Sweden, last weekend.
But Anthony suffered the injury in a training fall before the dual moguls event in Sweden, however didn't miss competing after it was cancelled due to poor visibility.
"Jakara sustained an injury during World Cup training at Indre Fjall that will ruled her out of the upcoming event in Georgia," her manager Julia Brukner told AAP.
"She has had surgery on her collarbone in Oslo and will travel to Australia to commence her rehab."
Anthony is expected to arrive back in Melbourne early next week.
With this weekend's World Cup round in Alpe d'Huez in France cancelled due to a lack of snow, Anthony was next targeting the event in Bakuriani in Georgia on December 20-21.
The 26-year-old was looking to defend both the singles and dual moguls titles that she won there last season.
There's more than a month before the next round in Waterville in the United States on January 24-25, giving her time to recover.
With her Australian teammate, 2018 Olympic silver medallist Matt Graham requiring three rounds of collarbone surgery, Anthony won't take any chances by rushing back.
Anthony and French skier Perrine Laffont are locked at the top of the World Cup standings on 180 points after both winning a gold and silver in the opening two events.
The Australian dominated last season, storming to 14 World Cup victories, however it was in the absence of 2018 Olympic champion Laffont, who took the year off.
The news comes after teenage snowboard sensation Valentino Guseli's season ended after he did his ACL while competing earlier this month in China.
The 19-year-old fell during qualifying for the snowboard big air World Cup event in Beijing earlier this month, with scans revealing the extent of the injury.
From the NSW far south coast, Guseli is now back in Australia as he begins his recovery ahead of the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy, in early 2026.
Making his Olympic debut at the last Games, Guseli is looking to qualify for three disciplines, competing in half-pipe, slopestyle and big air.
Last year he created history, becoming the first rider to podium in all three park and pipe disciplines in one World Cup season.
Meanwhile, the snowboard cross World Cup season gets underway this weekend in Cervinia, Italy with eight Australians in action including four Olympians.
Dual winter Olympian Belle Brockhoff is missing from the women's field after suffering a horrific compound fracture in her arm in November.
She is also recovering back in Australia following surgery.
