The men's aerials qualifiers and final were rescheduled for Friday starting from 4:30 p.m. ET, while the men's halfpipe qualification runs were moved to an hour after that.

Birk Ruud of Norway, who won big air gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and slopestyle gold earlier at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, finished in eighth place after spilling out on each of his final runs.

Heavy snowfall in Livigno led to the rescheduling of several Winter Olympics events. Despite the weather disruptions, organizers remained confident in managing the changes, with the Games set to conclude Sunday.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A storm dumping more than a half-foot of snow in the mountain town of Livigno on Thursday morning forced the postponement of Olympic men's freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifying and men's aerials in the latest juggling of the schedules.

Chinese skiing icon Eileen Gu made history at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday. She entered the competition after winning a silver medal at the slopestyle competition on Feb. 9. That victory made her a four-time Olympic medalist following her triumphant three-medal run at the 2022

Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu will be leaving the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics with at least two silver medals. She could add one more to her total if she can qualify for Saturday's women's skiing halfpipe final.

Montanan Konnor Ralph is set to compete on one of the biggest stages in sports. Ralph, a 23-year-old freestyle skier from Helena, qualified for the Olympic men’s freeski slopestyle event on Feb. 7 and will compete in the final beginning at 8:30 a.

Freestyle Skiing has been part of the Winter Games’ program since 1988. The exciting sight of athletes soaring through the sky has been an exciting sight for fans. Aerials was a demonstration sport in both 1988 and 1992, but was officially entered into the program as a medal event in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994.