Kirsty Muir has big plans for big air
The reset paid off for the 21-year-old, who qualified fourth for the big air final and with the second-best run score of the night, only behind top qualifier Megan Oldham.
Muir is aiming to win Great Britain’s second medal of Milano Cortina 2026, and first for a female athlete, following Matt Weston’s skeleton gold. She is already a Youth Olympic medallist, in the big air no less, from Lausanne 2020.
“Every event is a new competition, so I try to not ponder on the last ones,” the Briton explained. “The jump’s been great tonight. There was some word of some bad weather rolling in, but it hasn’t, so we’ve been quite lucky.
“I’m just excited to build on today and do more in finals. I’ll talk with my coaches and decide what we want to do, but once you get to that final, it’s just the chance to give everything you’ve got, and I’m excited for that.”
The freeski big air final is on Monday (16 February) at 19:30 local time (CET, GMT+1).