Megan Oldham has won Canada's second gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The native of Parry Sound, Ont. captured gold in the women's freeski big air on Monday at Milano Cortina 2026. The event was delayed by about 75 minutes because of a fierce storm.
"I'm so proud of myself for being able to come out here and land the tricks that I wanted tonight and to show my best skiing and just make Canada proud," Oldham said.
“I'm on cloud nine right now. I'm still processing everything. I don't even think the emotion has fully hit me yet.”
It marks her second medal of the Games after she won bronze in the slopestyle.
"Honestly, this has been an Olympics that has totally surpassed my dreams," she said. "I wanted to come home with one medal, and to come home with gold is something I never thought was possible … I'm so proud of myself."
Oldham vaulted into the lead on her second of three attempts in the 10-woman big-air final — the best two scores are combined for the result.
The last skier in each attempt after finishing first in qualifying, Oldham clinched the gold when Great Britain's Kirsty Mair fell on her final attempt.
Oldham still performed a trick on the last run of the competition, but fell. As she slid in the snow, she raised her arms in celebration.
Oldham finished with 180.75 points, just ahead of Chinese star and reigning Olympic champ Eileen Gu (179.00).
Italy's Flora Tabanelli won bronze (178.25 points), while Canada's Naomi Urness of Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished sixth.
Canada now has 11 medals at the Olympics — two gold, four silver, five bronze.
It was the second gold in as many days for Canada after the country didn't win a single event in the first week of the Games. Mikael Kingsbury ended the gold drought on Sunday in men's dual moguls.
Oldham, 24, finished fourth in big air in her Olympic debut in 2022.
— with files from the Canadian Press
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