Saskatoon's Schwinghammer Gains 'so Much Confidence' After Fifth-Place Olympic Moguls Showing

Saskatoon's Schwinghammer gains 'so much confidence' after fifth-place Olympic moguls showing

Maia Schwinghammer's road to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games was hard and sometimes painful, but a fifth-place finish in women's moguls left her smiling Wednesday.

Canada's Maia Schwinghammer finishes fifth in Olympic women's moguls

Maia Schwinghammer could not quite duplicate her result from the world freestyle ski championships in her Olympic debut. The Canadian finished fifth with 77.61 points on Wednesday in women’s moguls at Milano Cortina 2026. Schwinghammer was third at last year’s world championships. “So close. But you know what, it was not my best performance out there,” Schwinghammer told CBC Olympics. “I’m happy with how I skied today. I’ve been battling some ba…