Freestyle skiing No Olympic start for Tess Ledeux

SDA

8.1.2026 - 11:58

In Beijing 2022, Tess Ledeux (left) stood on the Olympic podium in Big Air together with the victorious local hero Eileen Gu and the Swiss bronze medal winner Mathilde Gremaud
In Beijing 2022, Tess Ledeux (left) stood on the Olympic podium in Big Air together with the victorious local hero Eileen Gu and the Swiss bronze medal winner Mathilde Gremaud
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French freeskier Tess Ledeux has to miss the Winter Games in Italy.

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The 2022 Olympic silver medallist in Big Air has not yet recovered sufficiently from a concussion suffered last March.

"I will be taking this season off to complete the healing process," explained the 24-year-old 2017 Slopestyle World Champion and two-time World Champion in Big Air (2019, 2023) at a media conference on Thursday.

This means Mathilde Gremaud, Olympic champion in slopestyle four years ago in Beijing and third in big air behind Ledeux, has one less serious competitor.