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

A WINTER OLYMPIC skier suffered a horror injury after a huge crash. Finley Melville Ives was doing his second run of the men’s freeski halfpipe. The New Zealander had crashed out in his

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.

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