Winter Olympics 2026: Luca Harrington misses out on medal in big air

New Zealand freeskier Luca Harrington competes in run one of the men’s big air qualification on day nine of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park. Photo / Getty Images

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Kiwi bronze medallist Luca Harrington has fallen short of adding a second medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics after finishing sixth in the freeski big air final.

In a remarkable high-scoring contest, Norway’s Tormod Frostad secured gold with the final jump of the night to pip American Mac Forehand.

Austria’s
Matej Svancer finished in bronze.

Frostad produced the jump of the night on his third and final attempt to score a 98.50 and finish on 195.50 after a 97.00 on his second run. That came just moments after Forehand scored a 98.25 on his last jump to finish on 193.25.

Harrington was in the mix early on with switch right triple double grab which scored a 94.00, leaving him in fourth. But he couldn’t stick a clean landing on his final two runs eventually finishing sixth with a total of 160.50.