Defending Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski-Synnott heads into the women's slopestyle final as the rider to beat on Tuesday after setting the best score in qualification at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris looked unfazed by the injury that opened his stay in Italy or by the late schedule change that scrambled slopestyle qualifying, finishing third among 29 riders Sunday to give himself a chance for a fourth Olympic medal.

Eileen Gu’s second Winter Olympics isn’t going quite as well as her first, but by the way she celebrated winning the big air silver medal, she isn’t going to walk away disappointed. Against a stronger field of freestyle skiers that executed bigger and better tricks than four years ago in Beijing,

From Olympic champions to rising stars these snowboarders could define slopestyle and big air at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

LIVIGNO, Italy — Team USA’s Red Gerard’s quest for a second gold medal in the men’s snowboard slopestyle competition begins today as he works to qualify for the finals. The qualification rounds will air today – Monday,

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The nickname for the trick is “disaster.” Freeskiing star Eileen Gu saw it as something other than that. Because Gu landed that trick once at the top of the supersized rails portion of the Olympic slopestyle course Monday,

After a hard crash in snowboard big air practice on Feb. 4, three-time Olympic bronze medalist Mark McMorris has been cleared to compete in slopestyle qualifiers.

In the big air event, skiers gain momentum sliding down a huge ramp before they jump and perform complex tricks. Judges score the flips and spins, including pretzel-like shapes with skis splayed or crossed, before the skiers pull up at the last split second and slam skis-first into the landing area, kicking up a spray of snow.

The Biathlon at the Winter Olympics may very well be one of the most interesting combinations of sporting endeavors to land a spot on the world stage. The Biathlon is a two-part spectacle which includes the endurance of cross-country skiing and the precision of rifle shooting.