
Teen snowboarder overcomes broken arm to finish fourth in Olympic big air
Seventeen-year-old Ollie Martin competed in the men's snowboard big air final at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno with a broken arm, undergoing surgery 10 days before, and finished fourth with 163.00 points as Japan captured gold and silver and China claimed bronze; he had previously become the youngest to land a 2160 and earned a World Cup win in 2025, drawing praise from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team.