The women's ski cross competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 20 February at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Daniela Maier of Germany won the event, getting her first Olympic gold. Fanny Smith of Switzerland won the silver medal, and the defending champion, Sandra Näslund, won bronze.

Background The defending champion, Sandra Näslund, qualified for the event, as did the silver medalist, Marielle Thompson, and the bronze medalists, Daniela Maier and Fanny Smith. In 2022, Smith and Maier were awarded two bronze medals after several rounds of disqualifications and appeals. Näslund was leading the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup standings in ski cross before the Olympics. Smith was the 2025 World champion.

Qualification

Results Seeding run Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 1 16 Daniela Maier 1:11.12 — 2 6 Sandra Näslund 1:11.33 +0.21 3 12 Fanny Smith 1:12.14 +1.02 4 14 Saskja Lack 1:12.36 +1.24 5 15 Talina Gantenbein 1:12.78 +1.66 6 7 Jade Grillet-Aubert 1:12.89 +1.77 7 1 Katrin Ofner 1:13.00 +1.88 8 2 Marielle Thompson 1:13.27 +2.15 9 18 Linnea Mobärg 1:13.39 +2.27 10 8 Jole Galli 1:13.53 +2.41 11 3 Sonja Gigler 1:13.55 +2.43 12 19 Anouck Errard 1:13.67 +2.55 13 13 Sixtine Cousin 1:13.92 +2.80 14 9 Hannah Schmidt 1:13.92 +2.80 15 4 Veronika Redder 1:14.00 +2.88 16 17 Luisa Klapprott 1:14.07 +2.95 17 10 Marielle Berger Sabbatel 1:14.23 +3.11 18 11 Mylène Ballet-Baz 1:14.27 +3.15 19 20 Leonie Bachl-Staudinger 1:14.36 +3.24 20 22 Stephanie Joffroy 1:15.70 +4.58 21 23 Christina Födermayr 1:15.72 +4.60 22 5 Brittany Phelan 1:15.87 +4.75 23 25 Kyra Wheatley 1:16.25 +5.13 24 21 Lin Nakanishi 1:16.26 +5.14 25 24 Andrea Chesi 1:16.61 +5.49 26 28 Diana Cholenská 1:17.02 +5.90 27 26 Sakurako Mukogawa 1:18.88 +7.76 28 29 Nikola Fričová 1:20.24 +9.12 29 31 Lucie Krausová 1:20.27 +9.15 30 30 Zhang Xuelian 1:23.16 +12.04 31 27 Makiko Arai 32 32 Li Wenwen

Elimination round

1/8 finals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Daniela Maier Q 2 17 Marielle Berger Sabbatel Q 3 16 Luisa Klapprott 4 32 Li Wenwen DNS

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Marielle Thompson Q 2 9 Linnea Mobärg Q 3 25 Andrea Chesi 4 24 Lin Nakanishi

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Talina Gantenbein Q 2 12 Anouck Errard Q 3 21 Christina Födermayr 4 28 Nikola Fričová

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Saskja Lack Q 2 13 Sixtine Cousin Q 3 20 Stephanie Joffroy 4 29 Lucie Krausová

Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 14 Hannah Schmidt Q 2 3 Fanny Smith Q 3 19 Leonie Bachl-Staudinger 4 30 Zhang Xuelian

Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Jade Grillet-Aubert Q 2 22 Brittany Phelan Q 3 11 Sonja Gigler 4 27 Sakurako Mukogawa

Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 10 Jole Galli Q 2 7 Katrin Ofner Q 3 26 Diana Cholenská 4 23 Kyra Wheatley

Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Sandra Näslund Q 2 18 Mylène Ballet-Baz Q 3 15 Veronika Redder 4 31 Makiko Arai

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Daniela Maier Q 2 17 Marielle Berger Sabbatel Q 3 9 Linnea Mobärg 4 8 Marielle Thompson

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Talina Gantenbein Q 2 13 Sixtine Cousin Q 3 12 Anouck Errard 4 4 Saskja Lack

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Fanny Smith Q 2 6 Jade Grillet-Aubert Q 3 14 Hannah Schmidt 4 22 Brittany Phelan

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Sandra Näslund Q 2 10 Jole Galli Q 3 7 Katrin Ofner 4 18 Mylène Ballet-Baz

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Daniela Maier BF 2 17 Marielle Berger Sabbatel BF 3 5 Talina Gantenbein SF 4 13 Sixtine Cousin SF

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Sandra Näslund BF 2 3 Fanny Smith BF 3 10 Jole Galli SF 4 6 Jade Grillet-Aubert SF

Finals Small final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 5 Talina Gantenbein 66Jade Grillet-Aubert713Sixtine Cousin810Jole GalliDNF

Big final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 Daniela Maier 3Fanny Smith2Sandra Näslund417Marielle Berger Sabbatel

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