Ohio native helps U.S. win Olympic gold in freestyle skiing event
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An Ohio native is returning home with an Olympic gold medal.
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Connor Curran helped Team USA win a gold medal in the free ski mixed aerials in Milan on Saturday, according to our news partner WCPO in Cincinnati.
Curran is from the Cincinnati-area.
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The Olympics wrote in a social media post that this is the first medal for Curran and his teammate, Kalia Kuhn.
It’s the second gold medal for Chris Lillis.
Kuhn started the event with a 94.44 jump, WCPO said.
Curran landed his jump, scoring 113.72 points, which helped the U.S. into first place.
Lillis finished with a score of 117.19.
Team USA finished with an overall score of 325.25 points, WCPO reported.
Switzerland won the silver, and China took home the bronze.
🥇 Victory with the very last jump 🔥
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) February 21, 2026
It’s back-to-back #Gold medals for @TeamUSA in the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials 👏
This marks a first medal for Kaila Kuhn and Connor Curran, and a second #Gold for Christopher Lillis 🤩 @FISFreestyle | #MedalAlert | #Samsung |… pic.twitter.com/NwhWWzOGLA
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