2026 Winter Olympics Men’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air Results

 A total of 12 athletes competed in the final event, with total points scored in the range of 58 to 195.50

The 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air event saw some very close fights among top athletes. The winner of the 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air event was Tormod Frostad, who comes from Norway. His total score was 195.50, as compared to 193.25 points scored by the 1st runner-up Mac Forehand. Let's check out more details of this event.

2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air results

The 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing (Freeski) Big Air event was held at Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina, Italy. The finals were held on February 17, 2026, whereas the qualification rounds were conducted on February 15, 2026. While each athlete was allowed three runs, only the top two scores were counted for the final results.

The medal winners were Tormod Frostad from Norway, who won the Gold Medal after scoring 195.50. The Silver Medal winner was Mac Forehand from the United States, who scored 193.25 points. The Bronze medal winner was Matěj Švancer from Austria, who scored 191.25 points. As is evident, there was a close fight among these medal winning athletes.

An interesting aspect is that all the three medal winners in the 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air event are first time Olympic medal winners. This is certainly a great achievement for them. It is also worth mentioning that this is a consecutive Gold Medal win for Norway. The earlier Gold Medal was won by Birk Ruud in 2022.

Key highlights

Tormod Frostad scored 95.25 in his first run, 97 points in his second run and 98.50 points in his third run. The third run was especially exciting, as Frostad successfully executed a right nose butter double bio 1620. This helped him achieve the 98.50 score, which was the highest score that night. In his second run, he had carried out a switch right tail butter double bio 1620.

Silver Medal winner Mac Forehand scored 95 points in his first and second runs and 98.25 in his third run. In his third run, Forehand carried out a nose butter triple cork 2160. This was described as a world-first or near-first attempt. Forehand landed all three runs cleanly. The scores achieved by these top athletes are higher than the scores in the 2022 Winter Olympics. For context, the winner (Birk Ruud) at the 2022 event scored 187.55.

Other winners at the 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air event

Apart from the top three medal winners, enthusiasts also witnessed some exciting runs by other athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air event. Troy Podmilsak from the USA was fourth, with a total score of 184.50. At number fifth was Konnor Ralph from the USA. He scored 178 points in the final event.

At number six was Luca Harrington from New Zealand, with a total score of 160.50. Next was Dylan Deschamps from Canada, who scored 137.50 at the final event. At number eight was Birk Ruud from Norway, who scored 118.25 points. Next was Ulrik Samnøy from Norway, who scored 110.75 points in the final event.

At number ten in the results list was Matias Roche of France. He scored 103 points in the final event. Next in the list was Timothé Sivignon from France, who scored 80.25. Martin Nordqvist scored 58 points and was ranked 12th in the final list of 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air event.