Finley Melville Ives, the world champion, was the first athlete to descend the halfpipe on Day 14 of the 2026 Winter Olympics. He lost a ski mid‑air and now sits at the bottom of the leaderboard.
Gus Kenworthy, who earned a silver medal in the 2014 ski slopestyle for the United States before switching to Team GB, has been receiving death threats since his protest against ICE. He remains a prominent figure in the Games.