Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials
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The men's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February at the Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park in Valtellina.[1] Wang Xindi of China won the event. Noé Roth of Switzerland won the silver medal, and Li Tianma of China won bronze.[2][3] All of them were first-time Olympic medalists. There were four Chinese skiers in the top six, as the World Cup leader Sun Jiaxu finished fourth and defending champion Qi Guangpu finished sixth.
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| Venue | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 132.90 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Qi Guangpu, qualified for the event. The 2022 silver medalist, Oleksandr Abramenko, retired from competitions.[4] The bronze medalist, Ilya Burov, was barred from international competitions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sun Jiaxu was leading the aerials standings of the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup before the Olympics. Noé Roth was the 2025 World champion. Silver medalist Quinn Dehlinger withdrew due to an injury.
The qualifications were originally set to be held on 17 February, but were then postponed to 19 February due to heavy snowfall, set to take place in the morning followed by the final later in the day.[5] The event was later delayed again to 20 February.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
The qualification was held at 10:30.[6]
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Q1 | Q2 | Best | Notes |
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| 1 | 6 | 24 | Pirmin Werner |  Switzerland | 122.17 | N/a | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | Qi Guangpu |  China | 120.80 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 21 | Wang Xindi | China | 118.10 | Q | ||
| 4 | 13 | 23 | Lewis Irving |  Canada | 117.70 | Q | ||
| 5 | 10 | 3 | Connor Curran |  United States | 117.26 | Q | ||
| 6 | 15 | 22 | Oleksandr Okipniuk |  Ukraine | 112.67 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 17 | Li Tianma | China | 75.56 | 127.50 | 127.50 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 18 | Sun Jiaxu | China | 84.51 | 118.55 | 118.55 | Q |
| 9 | 16 | 11 | Émile Nadeau | Canada | 108.85 | 112.67 | 112.67 | Q |
| 10 | 14 | 16 | Derek Krueger | United States | 111.95 | 79.18 | 111.95 | Q |
| 11 | 12 | 20 | Christopher Lillis | United States | 106.20 | 111.76 | 111.76 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 12 | Noé Roth | Switzerland | 109.05 | 111.06 | 111.06 | Q |
| 13 | 21 | 13 | Roman Ivanov |  Kazakhstan | 105.75 | 81.45 | 105.75 | |
| 14 | 17 | 9 | Victor Primeau | Canada | 84.07 | 103.27 | 103.27 | |
| 15 | 8 | 15 | Miha Fontaine | Canada | 99.56 | 93.21 | 99.56 | |
| 16 | 20 | 25 | Sherzod Khashirbayev | Kazakhstan | 98.67 | 92.74 | 98.67 | |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Dmytro Kotovskyi | Ukraine | 95.16 | 80.97 | 95.16 | |
| 18 | 19 | 14 | Assylkhan Assan | Kazakhstan | 88.94 | 93.21 | 93.21 | |
| 19 | 22 | 19 | Dinmukhammed Raimkulov | Kazakhstan | 69.47 | 90.50 | 90.50 | |
| 20 | 23 | 6 | Reilly Flanagan |  Australia | 74.02 | 87.57 | 87.57 | |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Yan Havriuk | Ukraine | 84.07 | 53.84 | 84.07 | |
| 22 | 24 | 1 | Nicholas Novak |  Czech Republic | 76.11 | 61.54 | 76.11 | |
| 23 | 18 | 10 | Maksym Kuznietsov | Ukraine | 68.88 | 64.60 | 68.88 | |
| 24 | 25 | 8 | Haruto Igarashi |  Japan | 67.86 | DNS | 67.86 | |
| 9 | 4 | Quinn Dehlinger | United States | Did not start | ||||
Finals
The final was held at 13:00.[7][8]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Final 1 | Final 2 | ||
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 | 5 | Wang Xindi | China | 120.36 | 101.50 | 120.36 | 132.60 |
 | 7 | Noé Roth | Switzerland | 131.56 | 67.42 | 131.56 | 131.58 |
 | 2 | Li Tianma | China | 119.91 | 100.50 | 119.91 | 123.93 |
| 4 | 1 | Sun Jiaxu | China | 117.26 | 96.83 | 117.26 | 123.42 |
| 5 | 6 | Pirmin Werner | Switzerland | 127.50 | 115.93 | 127.50 | 99.32 |
| 6 | 3 | Qi Guangpu | China | 121.68 | 119.91 | 121.68 | 81.00 |
| 7 | 13 | Lewis Irving | Canada | 102.26 | 111.00 | 111.00 | N/a |
| 8 | 12 | Christopher Lillis | United States | 86.73 | 102.71 | 102.71 | |
| 9 | 16 | Émile Nadeau | Canada | 102.21 | 86.19 | 102.21 | |
| 10 | 15 | Oleksandr Okipniuk | Ukraine | 101.00 | 92.31 | 101.00 | |
| 11 | 14 | Derek Krueger | United States | 76.99 | 92.74 | 92.74 | |
| 12 | 10 | Connor Curran | United States | 88.69 | 86.73 | 88.69 | |