Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's big air
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The women's big air competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 16 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Megan Oldham of Canada won her first Olympic gold medal. Defending champion Eileen Gu of China won silver, and Flora Tabanelli of Italy bronze, her first Olympic medal.[2][3]
| Women's big air at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14, 16 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Eileen Gu, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 bronze medalist, Mathilde Gremaud. The silver medalist, Tess Ledeux, missed the season due to an injury.[4] There were only three events in 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in big air before the Olympics; they were won by Kirsty Muir, Anni Kärävä, and Naomi Urness. Urness was leading the World Cup standings. Flora Tabanelli was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
- Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final.
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | 5 | Megan Oldham |  Canada | 91.25 | 56.00 | 80.50 | 171.75 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 1 | Eileen Gu |  China | 86.00 | 20.75 | 84.75 | 170.75 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Mathilde Gremaud |  Switzerland | 85.25 | 83.75 | DNI | 169.00 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Kirsty Muir |  Great Britain | 87.50 | 79.00 | DNI | 166.50 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 9 | Anni Kärävä |  Finland | 77.75 | 84.00 | DNI | 161.75 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Flora Tabanelli |  Italy | 81.50 | 37.00 | 80.00 | 161.50 | Q |
| 7 | 11 | 16 | Naomi Urness | Canada | 79.50 | 81.75 | DNI | 161.25 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Lara Wolf |  Austria | 80.25 | 64.75 | 80.00 | 160.25 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Liu Mengting | China | 80.00 | 80.00 | DNI | 160.00 | Q |
| 10 | 26 | 23 | Maria Gasslitter | Italy | 78.00 | 78.00 | DNI | 156.00 | Q |
| 11 | 18 | 17 | Kateryna Kotsar |  Ukraine | 79.75 | 75.75 | DNI | 155.50 | Q |
| 12 | 14 | 19 | Anouk Andraska | Switzerland | 47.25 | 72.25 | 80.00 | 152.25 | Q |
| 13 | 17 | 18 | Giulia Tanno | Switzerland | 23.50 | 79.75 | 71.75 | 151.50 | |
| 14 | 24 | 26 | Grace Henderson |  United States | 86.75 | 52.5 | DNI | 139.25 | |
| 15 | 12 | 12 | Muriel Mohr |  Germany | 73.50 | 20.25 | 65.00 | 138.50 | |
| 16 | 16 | 11 | Yang Ruyi | China | 70.75 | 66.00 | DNI | 136.75 | |
| 17 | 29 | 24 | Skye Clarke | Canada | 67.75 | 63.25 | 64.25 | 132.00 | |
| 18 | 22 | 21 | Kim Dumont-Zanella |  France | 18.25 | 74.50 | 55.00 | 129.5 | |
| 19 | 21 | 13 | Avery Krumme | United States | 78.00 | 32.25 | 47.00 | 125.00 | |
| 20 | 19 | 20 | Elena Gaskell | Canada | 64.75 | 82.00 | 40.00 | 122.00 | |
| 21 | 25 | 22 | Sylvia Trotter |  New Zealand | 83.00 | 20.75 | 38.00 | 121.00 | |
| 22 | 15 | 14 | Marin Hamill | United States | 48.5 | 65.25 | 50.25 | 115.50 | |
| 23 | 9 | 10 | Rell Harwood | United States | 11.25 | 54.25 | 47.00 | 101.25 | |
| 24 | 13 | 15 | Ruby Star Andrews | New Zealand | 44.5 | 48.25 | DNI | 92.75 | |
| 25 | 28 | 27 | Yuna Koga |  Japan | 65.25 | 12.50 | DNI | 77.75 | |
| 26 | 27 | 25 | Sandra Eie |  Norway | 19.00 | DNI | 36.00 | 36.00 | |
| 27 | 3 | 3 | Sarah Höfflin | Switzerland | 21.75 (A) | 35.00 | DNS | 35.00 |
Final
The final was delayed by 90 minutes due to adverse snow. Anouk Andraska and Mathilde Gremaud both injured themselves during the warm up and therefore did not start the final.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Notes |
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 | 4 | 12 | Megan Oldham | Canada | 91.75 | 89.00 | DNI | 180.75 | |
 | 10 | 11 | Eileen Gu | China | 90.00 | 61.25 | 89.00 | 179.00 | |
 | 1 | 7 | Flora Tabanelli | Italy | 90.00 | 84.00 | 94.25 | 178.25 | |
| 4 | 6 | 9 | Kirsty Muir | Great Britain | 81.75 | 93.00 | DNI | 174.75 | |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Lara Wolf | Austria | 93.50 | 21.00 | 76.25 | 169.75 | |
| 6 | 11 | 6 | Naomi Urness | Canada | 86.75 | 16.75 | 82.00 | 168.75 | |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Liu Mengting | China | 43.00 | 90.00 | 76.00 | 166.00 | |
| 8 | 7 | 8 | Anni Kärävä | Finland | 80.50 | 83.75 | DNI | 164.25 | |
| 9 | 26 | 3 | Maria Gasslitter | Italy | 78.00 | 81.25 | DNI | 159.25 | |
| 10 | 18 | 2 | Kateryna Kotsar | Ukraine | 82.00 | 72.00 | 74.00 | 156.00 | |
| - | 14 | 1 | Anouk Andraska | Switzerland | DNS | ||||
| - | 2 | 10 | Mathilde Gremaud | Switzerland | DNS | ||||