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Freeski athlete Luca Harrington was named New Zealand Team flag bearer, Pou Hāpai Tāne, for the Closing Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, capping a strong campaign...

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (24, Wānaka ) has written herself into the sporting history books once again, overnight becoming the most decorated Olympic snowboarder in the world by medal count, and tied...

What an incredible few days at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy with the NZ Team doing our country proud, both in success and defeat.

Snowboard Big Air – Womens  What a nail-biting competition it was in Livigno with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott taking silver in the Big Air final and her third Big Air Olympic medal.

Milan-Cortina (ITA) will host the Olympic Winter Games 2026.

Freeski Big Air will be one of seven new disciplines added to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games programme. The 2018 Audi quattro Winter Games NZ will be the first event to host a FIS Freeski Big Air World Cup as an Olympic discipline.

New Zealand snowboarder Carlos Garcia has finished fifth in the men’s Slopestyle at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

The New Zealand Olympic Winter Games Team is set for the Village Flag Raising Ceremony in PyeongChang today, Tuesday 6 February. 

The final athletes have been announced today to the New Zealand team to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games bringing the team size to 21, New Zealand’s largest ever.

Today, February 9th 2017, marks 'one year to go’ until New Zealand’s top snow and ice sport athletes compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

The Winter Olympic qualifying period is underway and there are no two ways about it: it’s going to be a tough few months on the road to PyeongChang2018.

Bokwang Phoenix Park, Korea (21 February 2016) – Snowboarder Christy Prior (Kaukapakapa) has won bronze in the penultimate slopestyle World Cup of the season which was staged at the Bokwang Phoenix...

Bokwang Phoenix Park, Korea (18 February 2016) - NZ snowboarder Christy Prior was on scintillating form in Slopestyle qualifying at the Olympic Test event Korean World Cup in Phoenix Park.

The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board met on Monday, 8th June, and announced that the Alpine Team Event and Snowboard Big Air will join the programme for the 2018 Olympic...

Sochi, Russia- (24 February 2014 ) – As the symbolic Olympic torch that has burned for 17 days in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi is extinguished this morning (NZT),...

Sochi, Russia (22 February 2014) - Adam Barwood had the honour of rounding out the New Zealand Olympic winter team’s 2014 campaign when he competed in the men’s Slalom at the...

Sochi, Russia (20 February 2014) - Janina Kuzma was the last of the New Zealand Olympic winter team to begin competition when she took to the halfpipe in Rosa Khutor on...

Janina Kuzma drops in to the Extreme Park halfpipe from 3. 30am tomorrow morning (21 Feb).

Sochi, Russia ( 19 February 2014) - The focus of the New Zealand Olympic Winter team turned to the Rosa Khutor Alpine Park on Wednesday as ski racer Adam Barwood lined...

Sochi, Russia (19 February 2014) - The men’s freeski halfpipe took place in Sochi on Tuesday night with three New Zealanders amongst the field of 28 competitors striving to earn the...

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