Megan Oldham wins gold in women’s ski big air
Megan Oldham has won her second medal of Milano Cortina 2026, taking gold in women’s ski big air on Monday.
In the final, every skier did three runs, with their best two scores counting towards the final results. Oldham came in as the top-ranked competitor from the qualification round. The start of the final was delayed for more than an hour by unexpected snow and high winds.
For her first trick, Oldham did a backwards entry for a switch double cork 1260 with safety grab. With a solid landing, she earned 91.75 points from the judges, putting her into second place after the first run.
In her second run, Oldham went for a double cork 1260 with mute grab. Another clean landing got her 89.00 points, for a running total of 180.75 which pushed her into the lead.
In the third run, a couple of athletes made great attempts to remove Oldham from the top spot. China’s Eileen Gu added a score of 89.00 to her first run score of 90.00, but that only put her in the silver medal position with 179.00. Italy’s Flora Tabanelli got a huge score of 94.25, but combined with the 84.00 she got for her second run, her 178.25 total was only enough for the bronze medal
So when it came time for Oldham to take her last run, it was a chance for a glory run. Rather than take it easy, she decided to go for a double cork 1440. She was just short on the landing, but her teammates didn’t care, rushing to celebrate the victory with her.
This is Canada’s first Olympic medal in ski big air, which was only added to the Olympic program four years ago at Beijing 2022.
