The women's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February, at the Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park in Valtellina. Xu Mengtao of China successfully defended her 2022 title. Danielle Scott of Australia won the silver medal, and Shao Qi of China won bronze. Xu also became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in freestyle skiing aerials back-to-back in history.

Background The defending champion, Xu Mengtao, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist and 2018 champion, Hanna Huskova (now competing as Individual Neutral Athlete). The bronze medalist, Megan Nick, retired from competitions. Xu Mengtao was leading the aerials standings of the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup before the Olympics. Marion Thénault was the 2025 World champion.

Qualification

Results Qualification The qualification was held at 10:00.

Rank Bib Order Name Country Q1 Q2 Best Notes 1 6 1 Marion Thénault 108.61 colspan=2 rowspan=6 Q 2 7 3 Danielle Scott 99.59 Q 3 9 20 Shao Qi 90.22 Q 4 2 21 Kong Fanyu 89.72 Q 5 1 12 Xu Mengtao 89.29 Q 6 3 13 Kaila Kuhn 89.29 Q 7 8 24 Chen Meiting 86.71 100.29 100.29 Q 8 16 6 Hanna Huskova 88.29 82.73 88.29 Q 9 10 5 Abbey Willcox 88.12 66.78 88.12 Q 10 4 9 Winter Vinecki 87.57 84.99 87.57 Q 11 13 17 Emma Weiß 81.90 75.14 81.90 Q 12 12 2 Tasia Tanner 80.01 78.01 80.01 Q 13 15 16 Anhelina Brykina 79.84 75.50 79.84 14 14 14 Kyra Dossa 53.55 75.98 75.98 15 26 10 Sidney Stephens 75.11 73.84 75.11 16 20 23 Anastasiya Andryianava 74.02 70.39 74.02 17 19 11 Anna Derugo 58.90 71.63 71.63 18 17 19 Diana Yablonska 55.44 69.89 69.89 19 18 25 Nelli Popovych 43.46 64.22 64.22 20 24 7 Oksana Yatsiuk 62.68 60.03 62.68 21 25 22 Ayana Zholdas 61.11 57.10 61.11 22 11 8 Airleigh Frigo 55.75 60.27 60.27 23 21 4 Lina Kozomara 57.71 58.50 58.50 24 23 18 Runa Igarashi 54.60 51.94 54.60 25 22 15 Adéla Měrková 50.17 48.62 50.17

Finals The final was held at 13:00.

Rank Bib Name Country Final 1 Final 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Best 1 Xu Mengtao 107.75 107.75 112.90 7 Danielle Scott 117.19 117.19 102.17 9 Shao Qi 105.93 105.93 101.90 4 2 Kong Fanyu 113.33 113.33 101.31 5 3 Kaila Kuhn 87.00 109.90 109.90 99.16 6 4 Winter Vinecki 99.89 107.75 107.75 90.58 7 6 Marion Thénault 103.89 101.90 103.89 rowspan=6 8 16 Hanna Huskova 86.44 100.29 100.29 9 8 Chen Meiting 98.73 76.93 98.73 10 10 Abbey Willcox 88.83 74.97 88.83 11 12 Tasia Tanner 85.36 80.62 85.36 12 13 Emma Weiß 45.82 75.28 75.28

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