Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross
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The women's ski cross competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 20 February at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Daniela Maier of Germany won the event, getting her first Olympic gold. Fanny Smith of Switzerland won the silver medal, and the defending champion, Sandra Näslund, won bronze.[2][3]
VenueLivigno Snow Park ,
Valtellina
Valtellina
Date20 February 2026
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park , Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Sandra Näslund, qualified for the event, as did the silver medalist, Marielle Thompson, and the bronze medalists, Daniela Maier and Fanny Smith. In 2022, Smith and Maier were awarded two bronze medals after several rounds of disqualifications and appeals. Näslund was leading the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup standings in ski cross before the Olympics. Smith was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results
Seeding run
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
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| 1 | 16 | Daniela Maier |  Germany | 1:11.12 | — |
| 2 | 6 | Sandra Näslund |  Sweden | 1:11.33 | +0.21 |
| 3 | 12 | Fanny Smith |  Switzerland | 1:12.14 | +1.02 |
| 4 | 14 | Saskja Lack | Switzerland | 1:12.36 | +1.24 |
| 5 | 15 | Talina Gantenbein | Switzerland | 1:12.78 | +1.66 |
| 6 | 7 | Jade Grillet-Aubert |  France | 1:12.89 | +1.77 |
| 7 | 1 | Katrin Ofner |  Austria | 1:13.00 | +1.88 |
| 8 | 2 | Marielle Thompson |  Canada | 1:13.27 | +2.15 |
| 9 | 18 | Linnea Mobärg | Sweden | 1:13.39 | +2.27 |
| 10 | 8 | Jole Galli |  Italy | 1:13.53 | +2.41 |
| 11 | 3 | Sonja Gigler | Austria | 1:13.55 | +2.43 |
| 12 | 19 | Anouck Errard | France | 1:13.67 | +2.55 |
| 13 | 13 | Sixtine Cousin | Switzerland | 1:13.92 | +2.80 |
| 14 | 9 | Hannah Schmidt | Canada | 1:13.92 | +2.80 |
| 15 | 4 | Veronika Redder | Germany | 1:14.00 | +2.88 |
| 16 | 17 | Luisa Klapprott | Germany | 1:14.07 | +2.95 |
| 17 | 10 | Marielle Berger Sabbatel | France | 1:14.23 | +3.11 |
| 18 | 11 | Mylène Ballet-Baz | France | 1:14.27 | +3.15 |
| 19 | 20 | Leonie Bachl-Staudinger | Germany | 1:14.36 | +3.24 |
| 20 | 22 | Stephanie Joffroy |  Chile | 1:15.70 | +4.58 |
| 21 | 23 | Christina Födermayr | Austria | 1:15.72 | +4.60 |
| 22 | 5 | Brittany Phelan | Canada | 1:15.87 | +4.75 |
| 23 | 25 | Kyra Wheatley |  Australia | 1:16.25 | +5.13 |
| 24 | 21 | Lin Nakanishi |  Japan | 1:16.26 | +5.14 |
| 25 | 24 | Andrea Chesi | Italy | 1:16.61 | +5.49 |
| 26 | 28 | Diana Cholenská |  Czech Republic | 1:17.02 | +5.90 |
| 27 | 26 | Sakurako Mukogawa | Japan | 1:18.88 | +7.76 |
| 28 | 29 | Nikola Fričová |  Slovakia | 1:20.24 | +9.12 |
| 29 | 31 | Lucie Krausová | Czech Republic | 1:20.27 | +9.15 |
| 30 | 30 | Zhang Xuelian |  China | 1:23.16 | +12.04 |
| 31 | 27 | Makiko Arai | Japan | DNF | |
| 32 | 32 | Li Wenwen | China | DNS | |
Elimination round
1/8 finals
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
- Small final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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| 5 | 5 | Talina Gantenbein | Switzerland | |
| 6 | 6 | Jade Grillet-Aubert | France |
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| 7 | 13 | Sixtine Cousin | Switzerland |
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| 8 | 10 | Jole Galli | Italy |
DNF |
- Big final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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 | 1 | Daniela Maier | Germany | |
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3 | Fanny Smith | Switzerland |
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2 | Sandra Näslund | Sweden |
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| 4 | 17 | Marielle Berger Sabbatel | France |