Team USA takes home gold medal in freestyle skiing mixed team aerials at Winter Olympics

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Team USA started 1 of the last days of the Winter Olympics connected Saturday with a golden medal.

The radical of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis captured the golden medal successful freestyle skiing mixed squad aerials. The trio scored a combined 325.35, which was much than bully capable to decision Switzerland, China and Australia.

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Connor Curran hugs Kaila Kuhn

United States' Connor Curran (5-2) hugs United States' Kaila Kuhn (5-1) arsenic Switzerland's Pirmin Werner (3-2) reacts during the freestyle skiing mixed squad aerials last astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Lillis completed the backmost treble full-full-full for a people of 117.19. Curran nailed the backmost full-double full-full and received a people of 113.72. Kuhn picked up a 94.44.

It’s the 2nd consecutive golden medal successful the lawsuit for Team USA. The lawsuit has lone been astir since the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Last time, it was Lillis, Ashley Caldwell and Justin Schoenefeld who enactment unneurotic a people of 338.34. The Americans defeated China, Canada, Switzerland and the Russian Olympic Committee astatine the time.

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Chris Lillis pumps his fist

United States' Christopher Lillis (5-3) celebrates during the freestyle skiing mixed squad aerials last astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

It’s the archetypal Olympic medals for Curran and Kuhn.

It was Curran’s archetypal Olympics arsenic helium competed successful the inferior satellite circuit earlier earning a spot connected Team USA. At 21 years old, he’s the youngest aerialist successful the Olympics.

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Kuhn was chosen to vie successful the 2022 Beijing Olympics successful women’s aerials but finished successful eighth place. She came backmost to triumph a golden medal astatine the 2025 Freestyle Ski World Championships successful women’s aerials and the mixed squad event.

Team USA aerialists with gold

From left, golden medalists United States' Christopher Lillis, Connor Curran and Kaila Kuhn observe aft the freestyle skiing mixed squad aerials last astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Another golden medal astir the necks of Team USA meant they were astatine 11 for the Games with 30 total.

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