Megan Oldham wins Canada's second medal of Winter Olympics
Free skier Megan Oldham has won bronze in women’s slopefor Canada’s second medal of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Canada has another medal! 🥇🇨🇦
Free skier Megan Oldham has won bronze in slope. pic.twitter.com/nqUHr6lWGh
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) February 92026
The 24-year-old from Parry SoundOnt. saved her best for last in this competitionin which the best of three runs counts for your final score.
After a spectacular crash on her second runOldham dusted herself off and posted a 76.46which put her narrowly ahead of Great Britain’s Kristy Muir (76.05).
Here is Megan Oldham’s bronze medal run 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/evFB1HgiOw
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) February 92026
“Honestlythat was a really hard battle after that second run. I fell and really hurt my quad,” Oldham said in a television interview with CBC. “At the topI tried to stay calm. I kept telling myself‘I just need to land one more runand that’s all I gotta do.’ I’m so proud of myself.”
Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland won gold (86.96)while American-born Eileen Gu of China claimed silver (86.58).
Canada’s Naomi Urness of Mont-TremblantQue.finished seventh.
This is the second Olympics for Oldhamwho finished 13th in slope and fourth in big air at Beijing 2022.
Oldham has a chance to pick up a second medal in big airwhich begins on Saturday.
Canada now has two medals in Italyboth bronze.