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Milano Cortina 2026 - Team USA - Freestyle Skiing


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Team USA 2026

 

Halfpipe

Women - Kate Gray, Svea Irving, Riley Jacobs, Abby Winterberger

Men - Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Hunter Hess, Birk Irving

 

Slopestyle & Big Air

Women - Marin Hamill, Rell Harwood, Grace Henderson, Avery Krumme

Men - Mac Forehand, Alex Hall, Troy Podmilsak, Konnor Ralph

 

Aerials

Women - Kyra Dossa, Kaila Kuhn, Tasia Tanner, Winter Vinecki

Men - Connor Curran, Quinn Dehlinger, Derek Krueger, Chris Lillis

 

Moguls

Women - Olivia Giaccio, Tess Johnson, Jaelin Kauf, Elizabeth “Liz” Lemley

Men - Charlie Mickel, Nick Page, Dylan Walczyk, Landon Wendler

 

History

 

The USA is one of the top medal collectors in this event.  We're 1st in overall medals in 2nd in gold medals won.  (Canada is the other top winner.)  Last year, we won 8: Gold in Mixed Team Aerials and Men's Slopestyle; Silver in Women's Moguls, Men's Big Air, Men's Slopestyle, and Men's Halfpipe; and Bronze in Women's Aerials and Men's Halfpipe.  So, our odds for medaling are good.

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Announcements from USS&S about the teams:

 

Freeski (Big Air, Slopestyle, Ski Cross, and Halfpipe): https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/2025-26-stifel-us-freeski-team-announced

 

Freestyle (Moguls, Dual Moguls, and Aerials): https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/2025-26-stifel-us-freestyle-ski-team-announced

 

Some athletes have pre-qualified for the Games given the USA's selection criteria, based on their results in 2024-2025: https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/dehlinger-ferreira-hall-kauf-qualify-2026-olympics-winter-games

 

- Quinn Dehlinger: Silver in the 2023 and 2025 WCh for Men's Aerials

Jaelin Kauf: Silver in 2022 in Women's Moguls, WC winner in Moguls and Dual Moguls for 2024-2025, Gold in 2025 WCh in Dual Moguls

Alex Hall: Gold in 2022 in Men's Slopestyle (also made finals in Men's Big Air), Bronze in 2025 WCh in Men's Slopestyle (also finalist in Men's Big Air)

Alex Ferreira: Silver in 2018 and Bronze in 2022 in Men's Halfpipe, Bronze in 2025 WCh in Men's Halfpipe, undefeated in 2023-2024 WC

 

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Slopestyle in Stubai :AUT only managed to get the W Qualis done.  Grace Henderson and Marin Hamill made it into the Top 8.

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Freeski thoughts...

 

First...this and Snowboard are the ones I least have a handle on, simply because the disciplines within are so diverse.

 

But!  We did quite nicely here.  8 of our medals were from this.

 

Aerials - We had two women go 5 & 6 in the individual event, but I was thrilled and shocked to see the gold in the mixed event.

 

Big Air/Slopestyle - Our men went 2, 4, and 5, with Mac Forehand winning the silver in Big Air.  Those same four guys went down the slope, with Alex Hall nabbing silver (Alex being the lone one to not make it through Qualis in Big Air).  (Slopestyle is one of my favorite events to watch.)  Of our women in Big Air and Slopestyle, Avery Krumme was the only one to make it through Qualis in SS, finishing 11th.  So, some areas for growth here.

 

Halfpipe - Alex Ferreira for the win!  Our other men were 4, 5, and 10.  Great job!  We had two women go to finals, finishing 10 and 11.

 

Moguls - Nick Page was the highlight in singles, ending in 7th.  We had others in the Top 10 in Duals.  But it was our women that showed out.  I didn't realize that they're kind of a big deal, NBC producing a documentary on them (Qualified).  Liz Lemley and Jaelin Kauf went 1-2 in Singles, and then Kauf and Lemley went 2-3 in Duals.  Olivia Giaccio and Tess Johnson also finished 6 and 7.  Looking forward to seeing more of them!  (This event makes my 40-year-old knees hurt.)

 

 

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2 hours ago, clemsonbeav said:

Freeski thoughts...

 

First...this and Snowboard are the ones I least have a handle on, simply because the disciplines within are so diverse.

 

But!  We did quite nicely here.  8 of our medals were from this.

 

Aerials - We had two women go 5 & 6 in the individual event, but I was thrilled and shocked to see the gold in the mixed event.

 

Big Air/Slopestyle - Our men went 2, 4, and 5, with Mac Forehand winning the silver in Big Air.  Those same four guys went down the slope, with Alex Hall nabbing silver (Alex being the lone one to not make it through Qualis in Big Air).  (Slopestyle is one of my favorite events to watch.)  Of our women in Big Air and Slopestyle, Avery Krumme was the only one to make it through Qualis in SS, finishing 11th.  So, some areas for growth here.

 

Halfpipe - Alex Ferreira for the win!  Our other men were 4, 5, and 10.  Great job!  We had two women go to finals, finishing 10 and 11.

 

Moguls - Nick Page was the highlight in singles, ending in 7th.  We had others in the Top 10 in Duals.  But it was our women that showed out.  I didn't realize that they're kind of a big deal, NBC producing a documentary on them (Qualified).  Liz Lemley and Jaelin Kauf went 1-2 in Singles, and then Kauf and Lemley went 2-3 in Duals.  Olivia Giaccio and Tess Johnson also finished 6 and 7.  Looking forward to seeing more of them!  (This event makes my 40-year-old knees hurt.)

 

 

The format of the aerials events make for some unpredictable results, especially in the finals. Happy to see us win the mixed event again.

 

Moguls is awesome. Dual moguls is even better (hopefully they keep duals). Really happy with our results in the women's moguls events.

 

Good results in the men's halfpipe, big air and slopestyle as well.

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