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(L-R) Silver medallist USA's Alex Hall, gold medallist Norway's Birk Ruud and bronze medallist New Zealand's Luca Harrington celebrate on the podium after the freestyle skiing men's freeski slopestyle final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park. Oliver Weiken/dpa
Norwegian Birk Ruud added Olympic gold to his world titles in men's freestyle skiing slopestyle on Tuesday and proved he is one of the sport's most versatile performers.
Having won the Big Air competition at Beijing 2022, the 25-year-old is now top of the Olympic pile in slopestyle and also has a chance to repeat his Big Air success next Tuesday.
His first of three permitted runs in the final was his best and counted as his winning score of 86.28 points.
US skier Alex Hall, who had struck gold at the last Winter Games, took silver with 85.75 from his second run and New Zealander Luca Harrington finished third with a 85.15 from his last attempt.
Ruud had finished fifth in the discipline in Beijing but has since claimed world championship titles in 2023 and 2025.
Slopestyle includes skiing down rails and performing tricks on various jumps, which are given points by judges.
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(L-R) Silver medallist USA's Alex Hall, gold medallist Norway's Birk Ruud and bronze medallist New Zealand's Luca Harrington celebrate on the podium after the freestyle skiing men's freeski slopestyle final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park. Oliver Weiken/dpa
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