Australia's Matt Graham has won the moguls skiing World Cup title, after the final event in Kazakhstan was cancelled due to poor weather.
Graham went into the final event with an 18-point lead in the standings, which saw him crowned champion after the cancellation.
The 26-year-old became the first Australian male since Olympic gold medallist Dale Begg-Smith to win a World Cup Crystal Globe.
"I am very excited and very happy to have earnt this, the Crystal Globe is one of those things I have always wanted competing in mogul skiing" said Graham, the 2018 Olympic silver medallist.
"We arrived overseas in November not even sure if events would happen, we more or less came over with the intention to train as much as we can and if we got to compete that would be a bonus."
Graham finished the season on 289 points, followed by France's Benjamin Cavet (271) and Sweden's Ludavig Fjallstrom (258). Fellow Aussie Brodie Summers finished fifth.
"Winning the globe would be the highlight of my season, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster, some events didn't necessarily go my way and I didn't ski that great, but I managed to hang in there and get enough results and a few podiums to be on top when it counted," Graham said.
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