Scotty James has fallen short of an elusive Olympic gold, instead claiming a second silver medal in the snowboard halfpipe.

Czech top seed Eva Adamczykova in final to become first Australian woman to medal in the event

Pinckney's Jake Vedder competed in his second Winter Olympic Games in snowboard cross on Thursday, Feb. 12.

Jen Gerard still remembers when, for her family and her son Red Gerard in particular, the Olympics weren’t yet the Olympics. It was right around Christmas 2017. Red had already qualified for the 2018

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria and Canada’s Eliot Grondin repeated as gold and silver medalists in men’s snowboardcross at the Winter Olympics on Thursday after another close finish between the two rivals.

LIVIGNO, Italy — No sport at the Winter Olympics is more chaotic and arguably more exhilarating than snowboard cross, which whittles down a 32-person field with a series of four-man heats that resemble a human version of the Daytona 500 combined with a touch of Kentucky Derby — on a snowboard, of course.

Australian snowboard veteran Scotty James says he intends to compete at a sixth Winter Olympics in 2030 after falling agonisingly short in his quest to win a first gold medal in Friday's men's halfpipe competition.

The Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final at the 2026 Winter Olympics is set for Friday, February 13, 2026, at Livigno Snow Park in Italy, where the world’s best riders will compete for Olympic medals after qualifying earlier in the week.