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

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan topped qualifying for men’s big air as snowboarding kicked off at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday. The 20-year-old Ogiwara finished atop the scoreboard with 178.

Big Air has been part of the competition since Pyeongchang in 2018, giving the most daring athletes the opportunity to lay it out on the line, delivering three tricks, with their two best scores being combined for a final score. The top 12 scores will advance to the final.

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.