The women's snowboarding slopestyle final at the2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympicsis Tuesday, Feb. 17, and there will be one notable name missing from Team USA.
Jamie Anderson, three-time Olympian and two-time gold medalist, had been attempting a comeback after giving birth to two children in the years since her brief retirement after the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, where she finished ninth. That attempt fell just short when she was left off theU.S. ski and snowboard 97-person rosterin late January.
On Jan. 10,Anderson took a scary fallon the first rail of the Aspen Grand Prix finals and exited the event without taking her second run. The 35-year-old's comeback attempt, announced last fall, suffered various setbacks including a broken wrist during her first training camp in New Zealand and a lost bag, mastitis and a clogged duct in Aspen.
Yuma Kagiyama of Team Japan competes in Men's Single Skating - Short Program on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 7, 2026 in Milan, Italy. Kagiyama pulled off a stunning routine that received 108.67 points, placing first in the event." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
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Yuma Kagiyama of Team Japan competes in Men's Single Skating - Short Program on day one of the Milano Cortina2026 Winter Olympicsat Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 7, 2026 in Milan, Italy. Kagiyama pulled off a stunning routine that received 108.67 points, placing first in the event.
Though without Anderson, there will be two snowboarders representing Team USA in the women's slopestyle final: Lily Dhawornvej and Jessica Perlmutter are both expected to be in contention for a medal on Tuesday.
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