Slopestyle skiers reunite in Tignes for first World Cup after Milano Cortina 2026
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Double Olympic Freeski Slopestyle gold medalist Mathilde Gremaud (SUI) is set to compete at her first World Cup event since successfully defending her title at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in February.
The two-time World Champion is among a field of 88 skiers who will compete at this week’s Slopestyle World Cup in Tignes (FRA) beginning on Tuesday 17 March.
This year’s Tignes Mountain Shaker event marks the fourth and penultimate event of the 2025/26 FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup circuit following the Laax Open in January.
Gremaud finished seventh in Laax but went on to successfully defend her Olympic Freeski Slopestyle title ahead of runner-up Eileen Gu (CHN) at Livigno Snow Park on 9 February, a day after Gremaud turned 26.
Gu – who left Italy with three Milano Cortina 2026 medals to become the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history with a total of six – is not competing in Tignes, and neither is bronze medalist Megan Oldham (CAN).
Gremaud will be joined in Tignes by fellow Swiss skier and PyeongChang 2018 Freeski Slopestyle gold medalist Sarah Hoefflin. The 35-year-old did not qualify for the Slopestyle or Big Air finals at Milano Cortina 2026 and will be hoping to better those results on the World Cup circuit.
Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir is also among the women’s Freeski Slopestyle field of 26 in Tignes. The 21-year-old Scottish skier finished just outside of the Olympic podium in fourth place at Milano Cortina 2026, but comes to Tignes having won her last Slopestyle World Cup start in Aspen (USA) in January, as well as last winter’s Tignes Slopestyle World Cup.
Gremaud currently leads the women’s Freeski Slopestyle World Cup standings on 136 points based on her season-opening victory in Stubai (AUT) in November and three top-30 World Cup finishes thus far.
U.S. skier Marin Hamill is also sitting on 136 points based on her second-place finish at Laax and two top-12 finishes from Stubai and Aspen. The 24-year-old Hamill was unable to qualify for the finals in both of her Milano Cortina 2026 events.
On the men’s side of things, Milano Cortina 2026 Freeski Slopestyle gold medalist Birk Ruud (NOR) leads the men’s field of 62 in Tignes.
Like Gremaud, the Norwegian is also a two-time reigning World Champion, and the 25-year-old was able to add Olympic slopestyle gold to his lengthy list of accolades by taking top spot at the Milano Cortina 2026 Games. Ruud is also the Beijing 2022 Big Air Olympic gold medalist.
Ruud is currently tied with U.S. skier Mac Forehand atop the men’s Freeski Slopestyle World Cup standings on 100 points, with both athletes having one win in one Slopestyle start so far this season. Forehand will be keen to improve on his Olympic Freeski Slopestyle performance at Milano Cortina 2026 after the 24-year-old finished 11th there.
Joining Forehand in Tignes are team-mates and recent Olympians Troy Podmilsak and Konnor Ralph, as well as Hunter Henderson.
Milano Cortina 2026 Freeski Big Air gold medalist Tormod Frostad will also drop into the men’s Freeski Slopestyle qualifications beginning on Tuesday. The 23-year-old is among seven Norwegians in the men’s field.
Swiss skier Andri Ragettli comes to Tignes after finishing fourth in Freeski Slopestyle and failing to qualify for the Freeski Big Air final at Milano Cortina 2026. With a total of 24 Freeski Slopestyle World Cup podiums, the 27-year-old is the most decorated Slopestyle skier in FIS World Cup history.
The top 10 women and 16 men from Tuesday’s qualifications will progress to the finals on Thursday 19 March beginning at 12:00 local time.
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