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Freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won gold in the freeski halfpipe event during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.Freeski halfpipe was one of many events rescheduled due to bad weather. The competition was condensed into one day on Friday. Athletes qualified in the morning and then competed for medals just nine hours later. Ferreira’s third run offered judges tricks so complex and flawlessly executed that he pulled a 93.75 score. Estonia’s Henry Sildaru won silver with a 93 score. Canada’s Brendan Mackay rounded out the top three with a score of 91 to win bronze.American skier Nick Goepper came in fourth after he crashed out on the third run of the competition. This was Goepper’s fourth Olympics, and the first in which he didn’t medal. Goepper earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, then silver medals at both the 2018 PyeongChang and 2022 Beijing Games.Friday’s gold completed Ferreira’s collection of Olympic medals. He previously clinched a silver medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Games and bronze at the 2022 Beijing Games.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
Freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won gold in the freeski halfpipe event during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Freeski halfpipe was one of many events rescheduled due to bad weather. The competition was condensed into one day on Friday. Athletes qualified in the morning and then competed for medals just nine hours later.
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Ferreira’s third run offered judges tricks so complex and flawlessly executed that he pulled a 93.75 score.
Estonia’s Henry Sildaru won silver with a 93 score. Canada’s Brendan Mackay rounded out the top three with a score of 91 to win bronze.
American skier Nick Goepper came in fourth after he crashed out on the third run of the competition. This was Goepper’s fourth Olympics, and the first in which he didn’t medal.
Goepper earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, then silver medals at both the 2018 PyeongChang and 2022 Beijing Games.
Friday’s gold completed Ferreira’s collection of Olympic medals. He previously clinched a silver medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Games and bronze at the 2022 Beijing Games.
