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Ski Cross, Women

Date	20 February 2026
Status	Olympic
Location	Mottolino Montagna del Divertimento / Carosello 3000, Livigno, Sondrio
Participants	31 from 13 countries
Course Setter	Christian Crétier	FRA
Details	Course Name: Livigno Snow Park - Cross Elements: 50 Features: 30 Finish Altitude: 1816 m Length: 1190 m Start Altitude: 1970 m Vertical Drop: 154 m

The favorites were defending champion Sandra Näslund of Sweden, and Germany’s Daniela Maier, the 2022 Olympic and 2025 World bronze medalist. Also highly considered were two-time World Champion Fanny Smith, co-bronze medalist in 2022 and solo bronze in 2018, and France’s Marielle Berger Sabbatel, 25 times a medalist in the event on the World Cup circuit.

Qualifying followed the predictions as Maier, Näslund, and Smith went 1-2-3, although Berger Sabbatel was well back in 17th place. The knock-out rounds also proceeded as expected as all four of the favorites made it to the final.

The final saw Näslund lead in the early going, but she was passed by both Maier and Smith, with Maier holding the edge to the line to take gold, with Smith in silver, and Näslund winning bronze.

The co-bronze winners from 2022, who were both given that medal after protests, finished 1-2 in Livigno. Smith won her third straight medal in skier-cross, with bronze-bronze-silver.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	1	Daniela Maier	GER	Gold
2	2	Fanny Smith	SUI	Silver
3	3	Sandra Näslund	SWE	Bronze
4	17	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	FRA
5	5	Talina Gantenbein	SUI
6	6	Jade Grillet-Aubert	FRA
7	10	Sixtine Cousin	SUI
8	13	Jole Galli	ITA
9	7	Katrin Ofner	AUT
10	9	Linnea Mobärg	SWE
11	12	Anouck Errard	FRA
12	14	Hannah Schmidt	CAN
13	4	Saskja Lack	SUI
14	8	Marielle Thompson	CAN
15	18	Mylène Ballet-Baz	FRA
16	22	Britt Phelan	CAN
17	11	Sonja Gigler	AUT
18	15	Veronika Redder	GER
19	16	Luisa Klapprott	GER
20	19	Leonie Bachl-Staudinger	GER
21	20	Steph Joffroy	CHI
22	21	Christina Födermayr	AUT
23	25	Andrea Chesi	ITA
24	26	Diana Cholenská	CZE
25	23	Kyra Wheatley	AUS
26	24	Lin Nakanishi	JPN
27	27	Sakurako Mukogawa	JPN
28	28	Nikola Fričová	SVK
29	29	Lucie Krausová	CZE
30	30	Zhang Xuelian	CHN
31	31	Makiko Arai	JPN
DNS	32	Li Wenwen	CHN

Seeding Round

Date	20 February 2026 — 10:00
Format	Qualification round advanced 32 skiiers to single-elimination rounds.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	16	Daniela Maier	GER	1:11.12
2	6	Sandra Näslund	SWE	1:11.33
3	12	Fanny Smith	SUI	1:12.14
4	14	Saskja Lack	SUI	1:12.36
5	15	Talina Gantenbein	SUI	1:12.78
6	7	Jade Grillet-Aubert	FRA	1:12.89
7	1	Katrin Ofner	AUT	1:13.00
8	2	Marielle Thompson	CAN	1:13.27
9	18	Linnea Mobärg	SWE	1:13.39
10	8	Jole Galli	ITA	1:13.53
11	3	Sonja Gigler	AUT	1:13.55
12	19	Anouck Errard	FRA	1:13.67
13	13	Sixtine Cousin	SUI	1:13.92
14	9	Hannah Schmidt	CAN	1:13.92
15	4	Veronika Redder	GER	1:14.00
16	17	Luisa Klapprott	GER	1:14.07
17	10	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	FRA	1:14.23
18	11	Mylène Ballet-Baz	FRA	1:14.27
19	20	Leonie Bachl-Staudinger	GER	1:14.36
20	22	Steph Joffroy	CHI	1:15.70
21	23	Christina Födermayr	AUT	1:15.72
22	5	Britt Phelan	CAN	1:15.87
23	25	Kyra Wheatley	AUS	1:16.25
24	21	Lin Nakanishi	JPN	1:16.26
25	24	Andrea Chesi	ITA	1:16.61
26	28	Diana Cholenská	CZE	1:17.02
27	26	Sakurako Mukogawa	JPN	1:18.88
28	29	Nikola Fričová	SVK	1:20.24
29	31	Lucie Krausová	CZE	1:20.27
30	30	Zhang Xuelian	CHN	1:23.16
DNF	27	Makiko Arai	JPN	–
DNS	32	Li Wenwen	CHN	–

Round One

Date	20 February 2026 — 12:00
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Time	12:00

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	1 / Red-2	Daniela Maier	GER	Q
2	17 / Blue-1	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	FRA	Q
3	16 / Green-3	Luisa Klapprott	GER
DNS	32 / Yellow-4	Li Wenwen	CHN

Heat #2

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	8 / Red-2	Marielle Thompson	CAN	Q
2	9 / Green-3	Linnea Mobärg	SWE	Q
3	25 / Yellow-4	Andrea Chesi	ITA
4	24 / Blue-1	Lin Nakanishi	JPN

Heat #3

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	5 / Red-2	Talina Gantenbein	SUI	Q
2	12 / Green-3	Anouck Errard	FRA	Q
3	21 / Blue-1	Christina Födermayr	AUT
4	28 / Yellow-4	Nikola Fričová	SVK

Heat #4

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	4 / Red-2	Saskja Lack	SUI	Q
2	13 / Green-3	Sixtine Cousin	SUI	Q
3	20 / Blue-1	Steph Joffroy	CHI
4	29 / Yellow-4	Lucie Krausová	CZE

Heat #5

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	14 / Green-3	Hannah Schmidt	CAN	Q
2	3 / Red-2	Fanny Smith	SUI	Q
3	19 / Blue-1	Leonie Bachl-Staudinger	GER
4	30 / Yellow-4	Zhang Xuelian	CHN

Heat #6

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	6 / Red-2	Jade Grillet-Aubert	FRA	Q
2	22 / Blue-1	Britt Phelan	CAN	Q
3	11 / Green-3	Sonja Gigler	AUT
4	27 / Yellow-4	Sakurako Mukogawa	JPN

Heat #7

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	10 / Green-3	Jole Galli	ITA	Q
2	7 / Red-2	Katrin Ofner	AUT	Q
3	26 / Yellow-4	Diana Cholenská	CZE
4	23 / Blue-1	Kyra Wheatley	AUS

Heat #8

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	2 / Red-2	Sandra Näslund	SWE	Q
2	18 / Blue-1	Mylène Ballet-Baz	FRA	Q
3	15 / Green-3	Veronika Redder	GER
4	31 / Yellow-4	Makiko Arai	JPN

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 February 2026 — 12:35
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	12:35

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	1 / Red-2	Daniela Maier	GER	Q
2	17 / Yellow-4	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	FRA	Q
3	9 / Green-3	Linnea Mobärg	SWE
4	8 / Blue-1	Marielle Thompson	CAN

Heat #2

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	5 / Green-3	Talina Gantenbein	SUI	Q
2	13 / Red-2	Sixtine Cousin	SUI	Q
3	12 / Yellow-4	Anouck Errard	FRA
4	4 / Blue-1	Saskja Lack	SUI

Heat #3

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	3 / Green-3	Fanny Smith	SUI	Q
2	6 / Blue-1	Jade Grillet-Aubert	FRA	Q
3	14 / Red-2	Hannah Schmidt	CAN
4	22 / Yellow-4	Britt Phelan	CAN

Heat #4

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	2 / Green-3	Sandra Näslund	SWE	Q
2	10 / Red-2	Jole Galli	ITA	Q
3	7 / Blue-1	Katrin Ofner	AUT
4	18 / Yellow-4	Mylène Ballet-Baz	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	20 February 2026 — 12:54
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to Big Final.

Heat #1

Time	12:54

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	1 / Red-2	Daniela Maier	GER	Q
2	17 / Yellow-4	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	FRA	Q
3	5 / Green-3	Talina Gantenbein	SUI
4	13 / Blue-1	Sixtine Cousin	SUI

Heat #2

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	2 / Yellow-4	Sandra Näslund	SWE	Q
2	3 / Red-2	Fanny Smith	SUI	Q
3	10 / Blue-1	Jole Galli	ITA
4	6 / Green-3	Jade Grillet-Aubert	FRA

Final Round

Date	20 February 2026 — 13:10

Big Final

Time	13:15

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	1 / Red-2	Daniela Maier	GER
2	3 / Red-2	Fanny Smith	SUI
3	2 / Yellow-4	Sandra Näslund	SWE
4	17 / Yellow-4	Marielle Berger Sabbatel	FRA

Small Final

Time	13:10

Pos	Number / Color	Competitor	NOC
1	5 / Green-3	Talina Gantenbein	SUI
2	6 / Green-3	Jade Grillet-Aubert	FRA
3	13 / Blue-1	Sixtine Cousin	SUI
4	10 / Blue-1	Jole Galli	ITA