Oldham Edges Gu 180.75 to 179.00 for Big Air Gold as Gu Takes a Second Silver of the Games
On February 16, 2026, the women's freeski big air final at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics was held at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, in the Province of Sondrio in Italy's Lombardy region. Canada's Megan Oldham won gold with 180.75 points, just 1.75 points ahead of China's Eileen Gu, who took silver with 179.00 points for her second silver medal of these Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee reported the final.
The final was delayed by more than an hour by weather. With the best two of three runs counting, Oldham scored 91.75 and 89.00 on her first two runs to post 180.75; defending champion Gu scored 90.00 on her first run and, under pressure, 89.00 on her third for 179.00. Italy's Flora Tabanelli scored a huge 94.25 on her third run and took bronze with 178.25.
It was Canada's first Olympic medal in ski big air, an event added to the Olympic program four years earlier at Beijing 2022. For Oldham, 24, it was her second medal of these Games, after a slopestyle bronze. For Gu, it was the fifth Olympic medal of her five Olympic event starts and her second silver of these Games, after slopestyle silver; she was the defending big air champion from Beijing 2022.
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Source: Canadian Olympic Committee
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Photo: 图：位于意大利利维尼奥的利维尼奥雪上公园夜景，本届冬奥会自由式滑雪大跳台决赛在此举行（2026年冬奥会期间）。Dispe 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Livigno Snow Park at night in Livigno, Italy, where the women's freeski big air final was held at these Winter Olympics (during the 2026 Games). Photo by Dispe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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