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Redemption.
That’s what Megan Oldham’s 2026 Winter Olympics journey is based on.
The Canadian missed out on the 2022 Winter Olympics Freeski Slopestyle Finals by one spot and came in fourth in the 2022 Winter Olympics Freeski Big Air Finals, narrowly missing out on a medal.
But in the 2026 Winter Olympics, she was able to flip the script.
The 2026 Games
Oldham took home the Bronze medal in the Slopestyle competition on February 9, scoring big on her final run after taking a hard fall in her second run that left her limping to the podium.
“This is really what I was wanting in terms of redemption,” Oldham said after winning Bronze. “After my results in Beijing, I was really, really hungry to make this one happen.”
Then, on February 16, Oldham defeated reigning Big Air champion, China’s Eileen Gu, to capture gold in the event, her second medal of the tournament. This marked Canada’s first ever medal in the Big Air Freeski event, which was added to the games last year.
“Honestly, this has been an Olympics that has totally surpassed my dreams … and to come home with gold is something I never thought was possible,” Oldham said after her Big Air victory.
“I'm still trying to process it all. It's been such a dream of mine. 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.”
In the Big Air event, you have three jumps and the highest two scores are used. The Canadian used a switch left double cork 1260 safety grab on her first run, receiving a score of 91.75 and did a left double cork 1260 Weddle grab on her second, for a score of 89.00 to total 180.75 – 1.75 points higher than silver-medalist Gu.
"It feels incredible," Oldham said after receiving her medal. "I'm still trying to process it all. It's been such a dream of mine. 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."
But her process to gold these past couple months wasn’t linear.
In November of 2025, Oldham suffered a concussion—the first in her career—that took her out of the sport for four weeks and caused her to have to change the tricks she was planning on using at the Olympics.
By late-January, she was back to skiing, finishing third in Ski Big Air and fourth in Ski Slopestyle at the 2026 X Games.
And on February 16th, she helped Canada win its 11th medal of the Olympics with style. Despite having the gold secured by her third run, Oldham didn’t take a victory jump. Instead, the two-time medalist attempted a switch 1400 mute.
Although she didn’t land the trick, she had already landed the medal.
Oldham’s redemption arc was successful. And at only 24 years old, she isn’t stopping anytime soon.
