The women's big air competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 16 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Megan Oldham of Canada won her first Olympic gold medal. Defending champion Eileen Gu of China won silver, and Flora Tabanelli of Italy bronze, her first Olympic medal.
Background The defending champion, Eileen Gu, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 bronze medalist, Mathilde Gremaud. The silver medalist, Tess Ledeux, missed the season due to an injury. There were only three events in 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in big air before the Olympics; they were won by Kirsty Muir, Anni Kärävä, and Naomi Urness. Urness was leading the World Cup standings. Flora Tabanelli was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results Qualification Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final. Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes 1 4 5 Megan Oldham 91.25 56.00 80.50 171.75 Q 2 10 1 Eileen Gu 86.00 20.75 84.75 170.75 Q 3 2 7 Mathilde Gremaud 85.25 83.75 169.00 Q 4 6 6 Kirsty Muir 87.50 79.00 166.50 Q 5 7 9 Anni Kärävä 77.75 84.00 161.75 Q 6 1 4 Flora Tabanelli 81.50 37.00 80.00 161.50 Q 7 11 16 Naomi Urness 79.50 81.75 161.25 Q 8 8 8 Lara Wolf 80.25 64.75 80.00 160.25 Q 9 5 2 Liu Mengting 80.00 80.00 160.00 Q 10 26 23 Maria Gasslitter 78.00 78.00 156.00 Q 11 18 17 Kateryna Kotsar 79.75 75.75 155.50 Q 12 14 19 Anouk Andraska 47.25 72.25 80.00 152.25 Q 13 17 18 Giulia Tanno 23.50 79.75 71.75 151.50 14 24 26 Grace Henderson 86.75 52.5 139.25 15 12 12 Muriel Mohr 73.50 20.25 65.00 138.50 16 16 11 Yang Ruyi 70.75 66.00 136.75 17 29 24 Skye Clarke 67.75 63.25 64.25 132.00 18 22 21 Kim Dumont-Zanella 18.25 74.50 55.00 129.5 19 21 13 Avery Krumme 78.00 32.25 47.00 125.00 20 19 20 Elena Gaskell 64.75 82.00 40.00 122.00 21 25 22 Sylvia Trotter 83.00 20.75 38.00 121.00 22 15 14 Marin Hamill 48.5 65.25 50.25 115.50 23 9 10 Rell Harwood 11.25 54.25 47.00 101.25 24 13 15 Ruby Star Andrews 44.5 48.25 92.75 25 28 27 Yuna Koga 65.25 12.50 77.75 26 27 25 Sandra Eie 19.00 36.00 36.00 27 3 3 Sarah Höfflin 21.75 (A) 35.00 35.00
Final The final was delayed by 90 minutes due to adverse snow. Anouk Andraska and Mathilde Gremaud both injured themselves during the warm up and therefore did not start the final.
Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes 4 12 Megan Oldham 91.75 89.00 180.75 10 11 Eileen Gu 90.00 61.25 89.00 179.00 1 7 Flora Tabanelli 90.00 84.00 94.25 178.25 4 6 9 Kirsty Muir 81.75 93.00 174.75 5 8 5 Lara Wolf 93.50 21.00 76.25 169.75 6 11 6 Naomi Urness 86.75 16.75 82.00 168.75 7 5 4 Liu Mengting 43.00 90.00 76.00 166.00 8 7 8 Anni Kärävä 80.50 83.75 164.25 9 26 3 Maria Gasslitter 78.00 81.25 159.25 10 18 2 Kateryna Kotsar 82.00 72.00 74.00 156.00 - 14 1 Anouk Andraska - 2 10 Mathilde Gremaud
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