China's Xu Mengtao was a class apart as she became the first freestyle skier to claim back to back Olympic aerials gold medals on Wednesday. Xu, 35, finished strongly with a tally of 112.
The child actor-turned-snowboard prodigy won gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle, while Team USA's Jake Canter took bronze.
Su Yiming of China has won the gold medal in men's slopestyle snowboarding at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday.
China’s Xu Mengtao defends her Olympic freeski aerials title, while Team USA's Kaila Kuhn and Winter Vinecki were fifth and sixth.
China's Xu Mengtao claimed the second Olympic gold of her career after landing a clean back full-full-full, one of the most difficult tricks in women's aerials.
Eileen Gu of China has been one of the biggest stars of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. There was a lot of pressure on the 22-year-old heading into her second Winter Games after she was a dominant force in freestyle skiing over the past several years.
American freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted,” robbed and received death threats on her college campus, Stanford University, over her controversial 2019 decision to represent her mother’s native China in the Olympics.
Check out highlights from Day 11 of the Winter Olympics, including Elana Meyers Taylor’s inspiring monobob win and China’s curling triumph over Team USA.
The U.S. men's curling team suffered two losses to China and Italy in round-robin play on Tuesday, hurting their hopes for a semifinal spot.
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