Two Aussies in motion at present
So, there are six occasions left in the 2026 Winter Olympics, and Aussies are in motion in two of them:
- Rosie Fordham is in the ladies’s 50km mass cross-country snowboarding from 8pm AEDT.
- And, of course, Indra Brown. The 16-year-old is in the ladies’s freeski halfpipe final from 8:40pm AEDT.
Standings after first (of three) freeski halfpipe final runs
Australian Indra Brown is sixth after the opening run.
- Zoe Atkin (GBR)
- Amy Fraser (CAN)
- Li Fanghui (CHN)
- Mischa Thomas (NZ)
- Liu Yishan (CHN)
- Indra Brown (AUS)
- Kate Gray (USA)
- Eileen Gu (CHN)
- Zhang Kexin (CHN)
- Svea Irving (USA)
- Rachael Karker (CAN)
Indra Brown is on the board
A clear first run for Australian 16-year-old Indra Brown.
She is aiming to beat Amy Fraser’s 85 in first place, however she’s solely scored 55.50. She’s fourth with two riders to go in their first runs.
You might definitely see a large distinction in amplitude between the small and younger Brown after Eileen Gu’s towering effort even when it was just one leap of word.
Indra Brown in the pipe after Eileen Gu’s stumble
The Chinese defending champion hits a large 900 to begin her final, however loses all momentum and that principally ends her run.
Gu always does this, stuffing up her first runs and performing underneath strain, so do not be stunned to see her come again with a vengeance.
We have our first falls of the halfpipe final
And it is one other Canadian, this time Rachael Karker.
She was fairly shaken up after Cassie Sharpe’s huge stack in qualifying and appears very sore after touchdown too low on the pipe and happening awkwardly.
And American Svea Irving follows up with one other fall, albeit apparently much less painful than Karker’s.
Irving was the fifth skier and Australian Indra Brown is ninth, so not distant now.
The girls’s freeski halfpipe final is underway
The situations are shiny, sunny and gorgeous.
American 19-year-old Kate Gray is first into the pipe.
She scores 44.50, which will not threaten the medals. But this is the reason they’ve three runs.
When is Indra Brown competing?
What time, Australian Eastern SUMMER time, will Indra Brown compete?
– Fred
Hi Fred (and some different commenters),
If you examine that pinned publish on the high of the weblog, you will see the freeski halfpipe final is about for 8:40pm AEDT (principally now!).
Brown can be ninth in the order.
A cross-country replace
We’re simply over a fifth of the best way via the ladies’s 50km mass begin cross-country snowboarding and Australian Rosie Fordham is a good method again.
After a scorching begin, on the 10.6km marker she was thirty third of 45 skiers, nearly 4 minutes behind the leaders
Thicc bois or quick kings
I do know principally nothing about bobsleigh however there appear to be some “bulky” guys in it . Wouldn’t lightweights fare higher?
– Phillip
Hi Phillip,
You want the beefy boys to push arduous in the beginning, after which that further weight will assist in sliding downhill sooner.
Obviously you don’t need somebody so huge that the sled digs into the ice an excessive amount of, however that is the attractive bobsleigh stability.
Why Indra Brown is the third-best qualifier in the halfpipe final
Australian teenager Indra Brown was in fourth spot after qualifying for the freeski halfpipe final, with Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin, China’s Li Fanghui and Canada’s Cassie Sharpe forward of her.
But Sharpe crashed hard in her second run and, regardless of nonetheless exhibiting up on the beginning checklist due to her good first rating, is not going to be competing.
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The 2018 champion and 2022 silver medallist spent two nights in hospital and, even with the competitors being delayed, is just not match to compete.
She remains to be struggling concussion signs and you may see the nasty shiner subsequent to her proper eye in that video.
“I’m OK,” she confused in the beginning of her video on Instagram.
“It’s a tough one to swallow and not the way I wanted to end my Olympic experience but I’m dealing with a heavy concussion, a little face contusion and some lingering dizziness.
“It’s simply not secure for me to ski tonight, nor am I medical cleared to.”
Brown will ski ninth of 11 in the final tonight.
First of final occasions underway
The women’s 50km cross-country skiing is underway, featuring Australian Rosie Fordham.
Meanwhile, the four-man bobsleigh has started heat three at the Cortina Sliding Centre.
We’re prepared for the final day of the Winter Olympics
Hello and welcome to the 16th and final day of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
There are a couple of Aussies in action today, including 16-year-old Indra Brown in the women’s freeski halfpipe final (8:40pm AEDT).
In the wee hours of Monday morning we’ll have a separate live weblog for the closing ceremony the place Cooper Woods and Dani Scott will carry the Australian flag.
We have to get straight into it so please stick around.
