Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan has topped qualifying for men's big air as snowboarding kicked off at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics continued on Thursday with ice hockey, curling, snowboarding and more. See a recap of all the action.

The men's snowboarding big air competition is one of the first events to get underway at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympic events include, but are not limited to skating, skiing, snowboarding, bobsleigh and hockey. The Oregon athletes are competing in skiing and snowboarding events. Read here to learn about the four Oregonians competing in Italy's Winter Olympics.

Cities currently suitable to host the Winter Games may not be by the 2050s.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A backside double cork 1080! Followed by a cab triple cork 1440! Holy Crail, that was a sweet grab! The snowboarders and freestyle skiers will be speaking a language all their own as they “shred some gnar” (ride some gnarly conditions) at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

American Red Gerard is going into his third Olympic Games trying to recapture the way he rode at 17, when he burst into the elite levels of the sport by winning a gold medal in slopestyle.

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris withdrew from Thursday's big air qualifying event after he was hospitalized following a crash during training on Wednesday.