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Aerials, Women

Date18 February 2026
StatusOlympic
LocationMottolino Montagna del Divertimento / Carosello 3000, Livigno, Sondrio
Participants25 from 11 countries
Judge #1Olha PoliukUKR
Judge #2Qiu SenCHN
Judge #3Emily LauerUSA
Judge #4Nicole Gafner-BumannSUI
Judge #5Daniel MurphyCAN
DetailsCourse Name: Olympic Course
In-Run Distance / Gradient: 70.0 m / 25°
Kicker 1 Distance / Height / Gradient: 6.60 m / 3.50 m / 65°
Kicker 2 Distance / Height / Gradient: 8.00 m / 4.10 m / 71°
Landing Distance / Gradient: 27.0 m / 37°
Table: 26.0 m

Qualifying was scheduled for Tuesday, 17 February, but had to be postponed to Wednesday because of heavy snow, and both qualifying and the finals were held on the same day. Favored was the defending gold medalist Xu Mengtao of China, who had secured medals in five of the six World Cup events in the 2025/26 season, with one win. Other contenders were expected to be Australian Danielle Scott, bronze medalist at the 2025 World Championships, and two Americans – Kaila Kuhn, the 2025 World Champion, and Winter Vinecki, who had a gold and silver recently on the World Cup circuit.

The final started with two runs, with the top six based on the best run advancing to the final round. The four favorites made it to the final round, accompanied by China’s Shao Qi and Kong Fanyu. Scott had led the opening final round with a superb mark of 117.19 and skipped her next run, knowing she had done enough to qualify for the final round. Scott could not match that effort on her final run, however, and had to settle for the silver medal, as Xu scored 112.90 to defend her gold medal. Behind them Shao came in for the bronze medal to put two Chinese skiers on the podium. With aerials held as a medal event since Lillehammer 1994, Xu became the first to win two gold medals in the event, and the first to earn three medals, as she had a silver medal from 2014.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
11Xu MengtaoCHN89.29 (6)112.90 (1)Gold
27Danielle ScottAUS99.59 (3)102.17 (2)Silver
39Shao QiCHN90.22 (4)101.90 (3)Bronze
42Kong FanyuCHN89.72 (5)101.31 (4)
53Kaila KuhnUSA89.29 (7)99.16 (5)
64Winter VineckiUSA87.57 (10)90.58 (6)
78Marion ThénaultCAN108.61 (1)103.89 (7)
810Hanna HuskovaAIN88.29 (8)100.29 (8)
93Chen MeitingCHN100.29 (2)98.73 (9)
1016Abbey WillcoxAUS88.12 (9)88.83 (10)
1112Tasia TannerUSA80.01 (12)85.36 (11)
1213Emma WeißGER81.9 (11)75.28 (12)
1315Anhelina BrykinaUKR79.84 (13)
1414Kyra DossaUSA75.98 (14)
1526Sidney StephensAUS75.11 (15)
1620Anastasiya AndryianavaAIN74.02 (16)
1719Anna DerugoAIN71.63 (17)
1817Diana YablonskaUKR69.89 (18)
1918Nelli PopovychUKR64.22 (19)
2024Oksana YatsiukUKR62.68 (20)
2125Ayana ZholdasKAZ61.11 (21)
2211Airleigh FrigoAUS60.27 (22)
2321Lina KozomaraSUI58.5 (23)
2423Runa IgarashiJPN54.6 (24)
2522Adéla MěrkováCZE50.17 (25)

Qualifying Round

Date18 February 2026 — 10:00
FormatTop 6 finishers of the first jump and top 6 finishers of the second jump advanced to final 1.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsTie-breakerJump #1Jump #2
18Marion ThénaultCAN108.61108.61 (1)
23Chen MeitingCHN100.2986.71 (10)100.29 (1)
37Danielle ScottAUS99.5999.59 (2)
49Shao QiCHN90.2290.22 (3)
52Kong FanyuCHN89.7289.72 (4)
61Xu MengtaoCHN89.2911.989.29 (5)
73Kaila KuhnUSA89.2910.889.29 (6)
816Hanna HuskovaAIN88.2988.29 (7)82.73 (3)
916Abbey WillcoxAUS88.1288.12 (8)66.78 (12)
104Winter VineckiUSA87.5787.57 (9)84.99 (2)
1113Emma WeißGER81.981.90 (11)75.14 (7)
1212Tasia TannerUSA80.0180.01 (12)78.01 (4)
1315Anhelina BrykinaUKR79.8479.84 (13)75.50 (6)
1414Kyra DossaUSA75.9853.55 (23)75.98 (5)
1526Sidney StephensAUS75.1175.11 (14)73.84 (8)
1620Anastasiya AndryianavaAIN74.0274.02 (15)70.39 (10)
1719Anna DerugoAIN71.6358.90 (18)71.63 (9)
1817Diana YablonskaUKR69.8955.44 (21)69.89 (11)
1918Nelli PopovychUKR64.2243.46 (25)64.22 (13)
2024Oksana YatsiukUKR62.6862.68 (16)60.03 (15)
2125Ayana ZholdasKAZ61.1161.11 (17)57.10 (17)
2211Airleigh FrigoAUS60.2755.75 (20)60.27 (14)
2321Lina KozomaraSUI58.557.71 (19)58.50 (16)
2423Runa IgarashiJPN54.654.60 (22)51.94 (18)
2522Adéla MěrkováCZE50.1750.17 (24)48.62 (19)

Final Round

Date18 February 2026 — 13:00
FormatTop 6 finishers after final 1, jumps 1 and 2, advanced to final 2.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsFinal #1 Jump #1Final #1 Jump #2Final #2
11Xu MengtaoCHN112.90107.75 (3)– (DNS)112.90 (1)
27Danielle ScottAUS102.17117.19 (1)– (DNS)102.17 (2)
39Shao QiCHN101.90105.93 (4)– (DNS)101.90 (3)
42Kong FanyuCHN101.31113.33 (2)– (DNS)101.31 (4)
53Kaila KuhnUSA99.1687.00 (9)109.90 (1)99.16 (5)
64Winter VineckiUSA90.5899.89 (6)107.75 (2)90.58 (6)
78Marion ThénaultCAN103.89103.89 (5)101.90 (3)
810Hanna HuskovaAIN100.2986.44 (10)100.29 (4)
93Chen MeitingCHN98.7398.73 (7)76.93 (6)
1016Abbey WillcoxAUS88.8388.83 (8)74.97 (8)
1112Tasia TannerUSA85.3685.36 (11)80.62 (5)
1213Emma WeißGER75.2845.82 (12)75.28 (7)