Freestyle Skiing has been part of the Winter Games’ program since 1988. The sight of athletes soaring through the sky has been exciting for fans. In 2014, in Sochi, Halfpipe was added, with competitors having the chance to show off their skills and finesse while throwing caution to the wind with high-flying action.

Another serious crash caused shock at the Winter Olympics on Friday as New Zealand freestyle skier Finley Melville Ives fell hard on landing in the halfpipe and hit his head. Medics treated the 19-year-old and after several minutes he was taken out of the finish area on a stretcher to applause from the crowd.

Day 14 from Milan Cortina will see six more Winter Olympics gold medals awarded. It starts with freeski women’s ski cross and men’s aerials, before the men’s halfpipe competition concludes later. More medals will be handed out in speedskating too,

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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.

Bend native Hunter Hess was scheduled to compete in the men's freeski halfpipe at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina on Thursday, Feb. 19. The event was postponed due to heavy snow in the Levigno area.

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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.