China's Wang follows in wife's footsteps with aerials gold at Olympics - Reuters
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"We celebrated her gold, but I was also quick to refocus on to my own event."
— Wang Xindi , Athlete
"We knew we (Chinese) had an advantage because of the quality of our squad."
— Li Tianma , Athlete
"I want to thank myself for not giving up."
— Wang Xindi , Athlete
Key People
An American freestyle skier who has won multiple Olympic medals.
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong is a Dutch speed skater who won gold in the women's 1,500 meters.
Brendan Mackay is a Canadian freeskier who took bronze in the men's halfpipe final.
Henry Sildaru is a 19-year-old Estonian freeskier who won silver in the men's halfpipe final.
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal is a Norwegian biathlete who won gold in the men's 15km mass start.
Li Tianma is a Chinese freestyle skier who secured a bronze medal in aerials at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
A Swiss freestyle skier with a history of world titles in aerials.
The defending aerials champion in freestyle skiing.
Ragne Wiklund is a Norwegian speed skater who secured silver in the women's 1,500 meters.
Sun Jiaxu is a Chinese freestyle skier who finished fourth in the men's aerials at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Wang is a Chinese aerials skier who won gold at the Olympics.
Wang Xindi is a Chinese freestyle skier who won gold in aerials at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Xu Mengtao is a Chinese freestyle skier who won gold in the women's aerials event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Yang Jingru is a Chinese speed skater who placed fourth in the women's 1,500 meters at the Olympics.
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China celebrated a unique double at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics as Wang Xindi won gold in the men's freestyle skiing aerials, two days after his wife Xu Mengtao topped the women's podium.
China celebrated a unique double at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics as Wang Xindi won gold in the men's freestyle skiing aerials, two days after his wife Xu Mengtao topped the women's podium.
China strengthened its medal campaign on Day 14 of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics as Wang Xindi won gold and teammate Li Tianma secured bronze in the men's freestyle skiing aerials.
China's decorated freestyle skiing aerials team has reigned supreme in the high flying discipline after men's skier Wang Xindi won his first Olympic gold medal at Milano-Cortina 2026 on Friday, building on his wife and teammate Xu Mengtao's women's title two days earlier.
Wang Xindi won the freestyle skiing men's aerials at the Winter Olympics, strengthening China's dominance in the discipline and bringing another gold medal into the family.
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