Big air bronze medalist Yu Seung-eun qualifies for slopestyle final

Korea's Yu Seung-eun competes during the women's snowboarding slopestyle qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Sunday. AP-Yonhap

MILAN — Snowboarder Yu Seung-eun will vie for her second medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics this week after qualifying for the women's slopestyle final Sunday.

Yu scored 76.80 points to finish third in the qualification at Livigno Snow Park, as the top 12 boarders progressed to the final scheduled for Tuesday.

The athletes each performed two runs, and the better score of the two became their final score.

Yu won a surprise bronze medal in the women's big air last Monday.

In the slopestyle, boarders perform a series of tricks coming down a course featuring obstacles such as rails and jumps. They are evaluated on originality, amplitude and quality of their moves.

Judges hand out "section" scores for technical tricks and "composition" scores for the overall flow of the performance.

The qualification scores won't carry over to the final.

No Korean snowboarder has won multiple medals at a single Winter Olympics.