Olympic Freestyle Skiing

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Skinning, boot-packing and downhill skiing: welcome to skimo at the Winter Olympics

The Games’ newest sport combines the seemingly impossible task of ascending a mountain on skis with hiking and then a rapid descent No one could suggest that the Winter Olympics are lacking in challenge. Skiers zipping down the slopes and flying through the air. Skeletons hurtling around at more than 100km/h. Ice skaters, metal-bladed, spinning, leaping and twisting. Slopestyle athletes pulling off the most outrageous tricks while landing the biggest air. But everyone from recreational skiers to the most extreme sports enthusiasts knows there is always room for more. Enter the new kid on the ice block at Milano Cortina 2026: ski mountaineering. The new challenge? How about going up the mountain, hiking a bit, followed by a rapid descent on the tiniest skis possible. Before you ask, “why”? Cast your mind over the other disciplines on the schedule and remember that the answer is almost always, “why not”? Continue reading...

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Moguls duo Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham to carry flag during Winter Olympics ceremony

* Anthony attempts to successfully defend Olympics title * Graham competing for second medal at fourth Games Jakara Anthony, the defending Olympic champion, and fellow moguls medallist Matt Graham will lead the Australian team as the flag bearers during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro Olympic Stadium. For the first time, the opening event will be spread across four locations with the moguls duo to lead the Australian contingent marching in Livigno, a northern Italian town in the alps near the Swiss border. As well as freestyle skiers, which includes aerialists and freeski competitors, the snowboarders are also competing in Livigno. Continue reading...

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Star moguls duo given Winter Olympics ceremony honour

Moguls medallists Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham will be Australia's flag bearers at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

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Freestyle skier Chris Lillis links visualization to victory

From visualization to victory: Freestyle skier Chris Lillis is already picturing winning a second Olympic gold in Milan Cortina.

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Peel ready to bounce back from Beijing Olympic blow

Laura Peel knows better than most that nothing is guaranteed at the Olympics and the aerials superstar has done all she can to be primed for her medal chance.

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Gus Kenworthy 'so moved' by 'Heated Rivalry'—Miley Cyrus was 'my own Rose'

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Triple threat: Kaila Kuhn pushes the limits for the Milan Cortina Olympics

They say good things come in threes. Living life "on the triple" looks good for freestyle skier Kaila Kuhn.

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Freeskier Eileen Gu takes another wild ride to the Olympics — and invites the world to tag along

Eileen Gu returns to the Olympics in hopes of winning not one, not two, but maybe three more medals.

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In a warming world, Winter Olympics organizers will have to adapt

You can make snow, sure, but that opens another can of worms.

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Zoe Atkin, GB Olympic skier set on a gold run | The Observer

The halfpipe world champion is fuelled as much by a hunger for the podium as by a good plate of pasta

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Gus Kenworthy Lived an Olympic Version of “Heated Rivalry”

Ahead of a comeback in Milan, the Olympic freestyle skier and actor discusses alley-oops, auditions, and coming out of the closet as a professional athlete.

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Canadian will be oldest figure skater to compete at Olympics in 98 years - OilerHockey

There will be no shortage of storylines regarding Canadian athletes at the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. Whether it’s the likes of Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid suiting up together on...

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The skiier who gamed her way to the Olympics

Elizabeth Swaney made it to the 2018 Olympics by gaming the qualification system. Her strategy: don't fall. That's it.

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Nick Goepper: Indiana Native, 2026 Winter Olympian

On skis at the age of five and ready to take on opponents by middle school. Indiana native Nick Goepper worked to become one of the best halfpipe skiers in the world!

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U.S. Skier Mac Forehand Hopes This Trick Will Win Him Gold

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Mac Forehand, a gold-medal favorite at the Winter Olympics. This trick could win him gold

For Big Air skiers, the difference between medaling at the Winter Olympics and not hinges on one trick.