“I didn’t have goals.”Mathilde Gremaud flies through the air in the women’s freestyle slopestyle final at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Now, the hard part: defending her Olympic gold. She’s the top-ranked women’s slopestyle skier in the world, the defending Olympic and World Cup champion. Gremaud concedes she’s at her best when her mind is clear, and the stakes are removed, when she’s simply skiing. A freestyle gold and Gremaud will be the first repeat winner since the sport debuted at the Games in 2014.

Source: International New York Times February 07, 2026 23:12 UTC