Winter Olympics 2026: Kirsty Muir fourth in freestyle skiing big air
Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir once again came heartbreakingly close to a Winter Olympic medal for Team GB with her second fourth-place finish of the Games.
Competing in the big air, Muir scored a combined 174.75 points from her best two runs, 3.5 points shy of Italian bronze medallist Flora Tabanelli.
It comes exactly a week after she missed out on slopestyle bronze by just 0.41 points.
Canada’s Megan Oldham won gold with China’s defending champion Eileen Gu – competing in a big air competition for the first time since winning the Olympic title four years ago – settling for silver this time.
The final had been delayed by more than an hour after a heavy blizzard set in at Livigno Snow Park, while Mathilde Gremaud, a heavy favourite for a medal, was one of two Swiss skiers to withdraw last-minute through injury.
More to follow.
