Winter X Games XXVI | |
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Venue | Buttermilk Ski Resort |
Location | Aspen, United States |
Dates | 21-23 January 2022 |
Winter X Games XXVI was held from 21 to 23 January 2022 in Aspen, Colorado, United States. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Slopestyle | Mark McMorris Canada | Marcus Kleveland Norway | Sven Thorgren Sweden |
Men's SuperPipe | Scotty James Australia | Ayumu Hirano Japan | Kaishu Hirano Japan |
Men's Big Air | Marcus Kleveland Norway | Max Parrot Canada | Rene Rinnekangas Finland |
Women's Slopestyle | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott New Zealand | Jamie Anderson United States | Laurie Blouin Canada |
Women's SuperPipe | Sena Tomita Japan | Queralt Castellet Spain | Haruna Matsumoto Japan |
Women's Big Air | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott New Zealand | Jamie Anderson United States | Miyabi Onitsuka Japan |
Knuckle Huck | Marcus Kleveland Norway | Fridtjof Tischendorf Norway | Dusty Henricksen United States |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Slopestyle | Andri Ragettli Switzerland | Max Moffatt Canada | Alex Hall United States |
Men's SuperPipe | Nico Porteous New Zealand | Aaron Blunck United States | David Wise United States |
Men's Big Air | Alex Hall United States | Mac Forehand United States | Teal Harle Canada |
Women's Slopestyle | Tess Ledeux France | Mathilde Gremaud Switzerland | Megan Oldham Canada |
Women's SuperPipe | Kelly Sildaru Estonia | Brita Sigourney United States | Hanna Faulhaber United States |
Women's Big Air | Tess Ledeux France | Megan Oldham Canada | Olivia Asselin Canada |
Knuckle Huck | Quinn Wolferman United States | Jake Mageau United States | Alex Hall United States |
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