Team New Zealand performs a haka after New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won the silver medal in the women's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Credit: AP/Lindsey Wasson

World champion freestyle skier Finley Melville Ives is "stable and positive" following a hard fall during men's freeski halfpipe qualifying at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. It was the second serious incident in two days in freestyle skiing after Cassie Sharpe's fall during the women's halfpipe qualifying on Thursday.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott makes history as New Zealand's first five-time Olympic medalist in snowboarding, marking a significant rise in the nation's winter sports prominence.

Japan's Mari Fukada wins gold, and Kokomo Murase took home the bronze.

The Winter Olympics often bring stories that go beyond medals and times. Some athletes step onto the world’s biggest stage wearing a flag that is not the one they grew up with. Many of them were born and raised