Muir despair after tumble leaves her fourth as Oldham wins big air gold for Canada

2026-02-16 - 22:25

China’s Eileen Gu second, Italy’s Flora Tabanelli third ‘I really did have to go for it,’ says Briton This time, surely, Kirsty Muir must have believed that a Winter Olympic medal was in her grasp. But as a thrilling big air competition reached its denouement, an Italian with no anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee came down a 180‐feet ramp and drove a stake through the Briton’s heart. It all looked so promising when the 21-year-old from Aberdeen landed a stunning left double 1620, with four and a half rotations, to move into the medal positions. Continue reading...