The women's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February (qualification) and 22 February (final), 2026 at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. 2022 champion Eileen Gu of China defended her title, with her compatriot Li Fanghui finishing second and Great Britain's Zoe Atkin coming third. Li and Atkin received their first Olympic medals.
Background The 2022 champion, Eileen Gu, qualified for the event, as did the 2018 champion and 2022 silver medalist, Cassie Sharpe. The 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, Rachael Karker was also a qualifier. Indra Brown was leading the halfpipe standings of the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup before the Olympics. Zoe Atkin was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results Qualification During halfpipe qualifiers, Gu crashed on her first run but recovered in a strong second run. Gu placed fifth with a score of 86.5 behind Zoe Atkin (91.5) and Li Fanghui (90). Cassie Sharpe suffered a crash resulting in injury, causing her to miss the finals. Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the medal round. Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 10 Zoe Atkin 91.50 91.50 Q 2 4 3 Li Fanghui 85.00 90.00 90.00 Q 3 7 7 Cassie Sharpe 88.25 88.25 Q 4 3 2 Indra Brown 80.75 87.50 87.50 Q 5 2 1 Eileen Gu 16.25 86.50 86.50 Q 6 5 8 Zhang Kexin 82.75 82.75 Q 7 9 9 Amy Fraser 79.00 81.75 81.75 Q 8 8 6 Svea Irving 77.75 80.75 80.75 Q 9 6 4 Rachael Karker 74.50 78.25 78.25 Q 10 12 19 Mischa Thomas 77.00 77.50 77.50 Q 11 11 14 Liu Yishan 76.00 76.00 Q 12 14 11 Kate Gray 5.25 74.75 74.75 Q 13 16 12 Kelly Sildaru 69.25 73.75 73.75 14 15 16 Dillan Glennie 73.00 DNI 73.00 15 13 18 Abby Winterberger 72.25 72.50 72.50 16 17 15 Sabrina Cakmakli 71.50 71.50 17 20 17 Grete-Mia Meentalo 61.50 61.50 18 10 5 Riley Jacobs 56.50 56.50 19 18 13 Nanaho Kiriyama 49.75 52.50 52.50 20 19 20 Kim Dae-un 23.25 41.50 41.50 21 21 21 Lee So-young 26.75 29.25 29.25
Final
Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best 2 8 Eileen Gu 30.00 94.00 94.75 94.75 4 11 Li Fanghui 81.25 91.50 93.00 93.00 1 12 Zoe Atkin 90.50 92.50 92.50 4 9 6 Amy Fraser 85.00 88.00 88.00 5 3 9 Indra Brown 55.50 65.00 87.00 87.00 6 5 7 Zhang Kexin 24.25 26.25 83.25 83.25 7 6 4 Rachael Karker 5.00 79.50 79.50 8 12 3 Mischa Thomas 77.75 77.75 9 11 2 Liu Yishan 70.00 71.75 71.75 10 14 1 Kate Gray 44.50 66.50 66.50 11 8 5 Svea Irving 17.25 22.50 22.50 7 10 Cassie Sharpe – – –
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