With a score of 112.90, China's Xu Mengtao repeated as the gold medalist in freestyle skiing women's aerials Wednesday at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Birk Ruud of Norway, who won big air gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and slopestyle gold earlier at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, finished in eighth place after spilling out on each of his final runs.

Freestyle Skiing has been part of the Winter Games’ program since 1988. The exciting sight of athletes soaring through the sky has been an exciting sight for fans. Aerials was a demonstration sport in both 1988 and 1992, but was officially entered into the program as a medal event in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994.

Chinese skiing icon Eileen Gu made history at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday. She entered the competition after winning a silver medal at the slopestyle competition on Feb. 9. That victory made her a four-time Olympic medalist following her triumphant three-medal run at the 2022

Eileen Gu is competing in three medal events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. On Monday, the Chinese skiing icon made it 2-for-2 after winning another medal at her second competition. Gu entered this year’s Winter Games with three Olympic medals.

Montanan Konnor Ralph is set to compete on one of the biggest stages in sports. Ralph, a 23-year-old freestyle skier from Helena, qualified for the Olympic men’s freeski slopestyle event on Feb. 7 and will compete in the final beginning at 8:30 a.

Heavy snow scrambled the Winter Olympics schedule in the Italian town of Livigno on Tuesday as organizers postponed the women’s snowboard slopestyle medal event and the start of freestyle aerials.

Momentum built quickly on Wednesday, February 18, as the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics delivered another day packed with precision, drama, and defining performances. By this stage of the Games,

Ready to see some jaw-dropping tricks? Look no further than freestyle skiing, which combines showcases acrobatics and speed.