Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's aerials
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The women's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February, at the Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park in Valtellina.[1] Xu Mengtao of China successfully defended her 2022 title. Danielle Scott of Australia won the silver medal, and Shao Qi of China won bronze.[2][3] Xu also became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in freestyle skiing aerials back-to-back in history.
Valtellina
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| Venue | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 18 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 112.90 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Xu Mengtao, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist and 2018 champion, Hanna Huskova (now competing as Individual Neutral Athlete). The bronze medalist, Megan Nick, retired from competitions.[4] Xu Mengtao was leading the aerials standings of the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup before the Olympics. Marion Thénault was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
The qualification was held at 10:00.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Q1 | Q2 | Best | Notes |
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| 1 | 6 | 1 | Marion Thénault |  Canada | 108.61 | N/a | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | Danielle Scott |  Australia | 99.59 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9 | 20 | Shao Qi |  China | 90.22 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 21 | Kong Fanyu | China | 89.72 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 12 | Xu Mengtao | China | 89.29 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 13 | Kaila Kuhn |  United States | 89.29 | Q | ||
| 7 | 8 | 24 | Chen Meiting | China | 86.71 | 100.29 | 100.29 | Q |
| 8 | 16 | 6 | Hanna Huskova |  Individual Neutral Athletes | 88.29 | 82.73 | 88.29 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | 5 | Abbey Willcox | Australia | 88.12 | 66.78 | 88.12 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | Winter Vinecki | United States | 87.57 | 84.99 | 87.57 | Q |
| 11 | 13 | 17 | Emma Weiß |  Germany | 81.90 | 75.14 | 81.90 | Q |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | Tasia Tanner | United States | 80.01 | 78.01 | 80.01 | Q |
| 13 | 15 | 16 | Anhelina Brykina |  Ukraine | 79.84 | 75.50 | 79.84 | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | Kyra Dossa | United States | 53.55 | 75.98 | 75.98 | |
| 15 | 26 | 10 | Sidney Stephens | Australia | 75.11 | 73.84 | 75.11 | |
| 16 | 20 | 23 | Anastasiya Andryianava | Individual Neutral Athletes | 74.02 | 70.39 | 74.02 | |
| 17 | 19 | 11 | Anna Derugo | Individual Neutral Athletes | 58.90 | 71.63 | 71.63 | |
| 18 | 17 | 19 | Diana Yablonska | Ukraine | 55.44 | 69.89 | 69.89 | |
| 19 | 18 | 25 | Nelli Popovych | Ukraine | 43.46 | 64.22 | 64.22 | |
| 20 | 24 | 7 | Oksana Yatsiuk | Ukraine | 62.68 | 60.03 | 62.68 | |
| 21 | 25 | 22 | Ayana Zholdas |  Kazakhstan | 61.11 | 57.10 | 61.11 | |
| 22 | 11 | 8 | Airleigh Frigo | Australia | 55.75 | 60.27 | 60.27 | |
| 23 | 21 | 4 | Lina Kozomara |  Switzerland | 57.71 | 58.50 | 58.50 | |
| 24 | 23 | 18 | Runa Igarashi |  Japan | 54.60 | 51.94 | 54.60 | |
| 25 | 22 | 15 | Adéla Měrková |  Czech Republic | 50.17 | 48.62 | 50.17 | |
Finals
The final was held at 13:00.[6][7]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Final 1 | Final 2 | ||
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| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Best | |||||
 | 1 | Xu Mengtao | China | 107.75 | DNS | 107.75 | 112.90 |
 | 7 | Danielle Scott | Australia | 117.19 | DNS | 117.19 | 102.17 |
 | 9 | Shao Qi | China | 105.93 | DNS | 105.93 | 101.90 |
| 4 | 2 | Kong Fanyu | China | 113.33 | DNS | 113.33 | 101.31 |
| 5 | 3 | Kaila Kuhn | United States | 87.00 | 109.90 | 109.90 | 99.16 |
| 6 | 4 | Winter Vinecki | United States | 99.89 | 107.75 | 107.75 | 90.58 |
| 7 | 6 | Marion Thénault | Canada | 103.89 | 101.90 | 103.89 | N/a |
| 8 | 16 | Hanna Huskova | Individual Neutral Athletes | 86.44 | 100.29 | 100.29 | |
| 9 | 8 | Chen Meiting | China | 98.73 | 76.93 | 98.73 | |
| 10 | 10 | Abbey Willcox | Australia | 88.83 | 74.97 | 88.83 | |
| 11 | 12 | Tasia Tanner | United States | 85.36 | 80.62 | 85.36 | |
| 12 | 13 | Emma Weiß | Germany | 45.82 | 75.28 | 75.28 | |