In February 2026, Megan Oldham stood at the top of the big air course at the Milano-Cortina Olympics, wind howling, the start delayed by over an hour. When the signal finally came, she launched into a switch double cork 1260 — a trick she’d only recently added to her arsenal — and landed it clean. Score: 91.75. It was enough to beat China’s Eileen Gu and take the gold.
Two weeks earlier, she’d already won bronze in slopestyle after crashing hard on her second run, hurting her quad, and telling herself at the top of the final run: “I just need to land one more.”
Read more about Megan | People of Small Towns
📍 Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts
Site of Megan Oldham’s Olympic homecoming celebration, February 28, 2026. Also home to the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame.