Luca Harrington reacts in the freestyle skiing men’s freeski slopestyle final run 3 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Photo: JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Luca Harrington has claimed a bronze medal for New Zealand in the men’s freestyle skiing slopestyle event overnight at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.
Birk Ruud of Norway took the gold medal, while silver went to American Alex Hall.
Harrington was fourth on course, followed by fellow New Zealander Ben Barclay in sixth. Each had three runs to post their top score.
Barclay was the first competitor to land a complete run, earning a solid first run score of 69.40. Harrington came out swinging and was lacing together a super stylish run, but came unstuck on the switch triple cork 16 on jump 2.
Run 2 was a throwaway for both Kiwis, with the triple cork 1620 continuing to give Harrington trouble, and Barclay coming off a rail early at the top of the course.
However, Harrington managed to clean up in run 3 to take third place, earning New Zealand’s second medal of the games.
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