Sports · 18 February 2026
Mari Fukada scores 87.83 to win Olympic gold
On Wednesday, a 19-year-old Japanese athlete secured the gold medal in the women's slopestyle competition during the Milano Cortina Games. Making her Olympic debut, she earned a winning score of 87.83 on her last attempt to defeat Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, the title holder from New Zealand. Compatriot Kokomo Murase took the bronze medal, helping their nation match its best ever Winter Olympics gold medal tally with this fifth victory.
Reported by Olympics.com · How we write briefs