Kirsty Muir Finishes Fourth Again in Big Air
British skier Kirsty Muir suffered another heartbreaking fourth-place finish in the women's freeski big air final after a tumble on her final run dashed medal hopes. Canada's Megan Oldham secured gold in the event. This marks Muir's second fourth-place Olympic finish, continuing a pattern of near-misses at major competitions.
- This was the second time in a week the 21-year-old from Aberdeen finished just off the podium; she also placed fourth in the women's freeski slopestyle final, missing a medal by a mere 0.41 points. - In the Big Air final, Muir was in a bronze medal position heading into the third and final round, having landed a massive 1620 in her second run to score 93.00. - Italy's Flora Tabanelli, who had torn her ACL just four months prior, bumped Muir out of medal contention with a stunning 94.25 on her final jump. - On her last attempt to get back into the top three, Muir crashed while attempting a new grab she had never executed in competition before. - The silver medal went to China's Eileen Gu with a score of 179.00, while Flora Tabanelli of Italy took bronze with 178.25, just 3.5 points ahead of Muir's 174.75. - At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Muir finished fifth in Big Air and eighth in slopestyle. - Outside of the Olympics, Muir has had significant success, winning a silver medal in Big Air at the Aspen X Games in January 2026 and securing Great Britain's first-ever Freeski Big Air World Cup victory in the 2025-26 season. - The women's Big Air final was delayed by over an hour due to strong winds and blizzard conditions, and two Swiss skiers, including slopestyle gold medalist Mathilde Gremaud, withdrew after crashing in training.
