Vermont’s medal count continued to grow on Tuesday as freestyle skier Mac Forehand won silver in the men’s freeski big air final at the Milan Cortino Winter Olympic Games.
In snowy conditions at the Livigno Snow Park, Forehand went toe to toe with Austria’s Matej Svancer and Norway’s Tormod Frostad in one of the wildest and most entertaining competitions of the Games. The 24-year-old scored 95.00 on both of his first two runs down the hill. But that was only good enough to put him in position for the bronze medal ahead of his third and final run.
Forehand, who is from Connecticut but trained at the Stratton Mountain School, knew he needed to go big or go home empty-handed. So he unleashed the jump of his life — and one he’d never attempted in competition.
Forehand’s “nose butter triple cork 2160” earned a 98.25 and briefly put him in line for gold. But Frostad matched that score on his final jump, bumping the Vermont skier to a silver medal finish.
Forehand’s silver is the fifth medal for a Vermont-connected athlete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. That number ties Australia’s for 14th in the overall medal count by country.
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