Freestyle Skiing has been part of the Winter Games’ program since 1988. The sight of athletes soaring through the sky has been exciting for fans. In 2014, in Sochi, Halfpipe was added, with competitors having the chance to show off their skills and finesse while throwing caution to the wind with high-flying action.
The superstar skier will have to wait in her pursuit to defend her gold medal in the freestyle skiing halfpipe event.
Connor Curran was one of three Team USA athletes who secured USA's 11th 2026 gold medal on Feb. 21 by flying and flipping wildly through the air.
Freestyle Skiing has been part of the Winter Games’ program since 1988. The exciting sight of athletes soaring through the sky has been an exciting sight for fans. Aerials was a demonstration sport in both 1988 and 1992, but was officially entered into the program as a medal event in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994.
Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo won a ground-breaking sixth gold at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, while heavy snow forced China's freestyle skiing superstar Eileen Gu to
Gu, a five-time Olympic medalist, qualified for the halfpipe final despite a fall in qualifying that saw her clip the lip of the pipe before delivering a strong second run to finish fifth with a score of 86.50. She was widely regarded as a favorite to contend for gold in the event scheduled for Saturday.
Eileen Gu, China’s freestyle skiing superstar, is one of the most talked-about athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Olympian has made headlines throughout the Winter Games, whether it’s celebrating her performance on the slopes,
The men's aerials qualifiers and final were rescheduled for Friday starting from 4:30 p.m. ET, while the men's halfpipe qualification runs were moved to an hour after that.
Montanan Konnor Ralph is set to compete on one of the biggest stages in sports. Ralph, a 23-year-old freestyle skier from Helena, qualified for the Olympic men’s freeski slopestyle event on Feb. 7 and will compete in the final beginning at 8:30 a.
With a score of 112.90, China's Xu Mengtao repeated as the gold medalist in freestyle skiing women's aerials Wednesday at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.