Kirsty Muir Finishes Fourth in Olympic Big Air
British freeskier Kirsty Muir finished fourth in Olympic big air after falling on her third run, with Canada's Megan Oldham taking gold. This marks Muir's second consecutive fourth-place finish in this discipline, falling agonisingly short of a medal.
- This was the second time in a week the 21-year-old from Aberdeen finished fourth, having narrowly missed a medal in the slopestyle event by just 0.41 points. - Muir was in second place after her second run, where she successfully landed a double cork 1620 for a score of 93.00. She was pushed into fourth position by China's Eileen Gu (silver) and Italy's Flora Tabanelli (bronze) on their final jumps. - On her third and final jump, needing to improve her score to get back on the podium, Muir attempted a trick she had never landed before in competition but crashed. - The gold medallist, Megan Oldham of Canada, secured her victory with a combined score of 180.75 from her first two runs, making her final jump a victory lap. - The start of the final was delayed by 75 minutes due to a blizzard, which saw ground staff clearing snow from the course with shovels and leaf blowers. - Bronze medallist Flora Tabanelli's podium finish was Italy's first-ever Olympic medal in a freestyle skiing event. - Muir's performance at the 2026 Games marks an improvement on her debut in Beijing in 2022, where she finished fifth in the big air final and eighth in slopestyle. - The fourth-place finish comes just weeks after a successful X Games for Muir, where she won gold in slopestyle and silver in big air.
