A crash couldn’t stop Jaelin Kauf from another medal at the 2026 Games.
Skiing through a heavy snowstorm in the Olympic debut of dual moguls, Kauf captured her third Olympic silver medal and second of these Games, and her teammate, Elizabeth Lamley, added bronze to go with the gold she won earlier in the week.
They each won their second medals in four days despite falling in their semifinal rounds.
Kauf’s tumble against Canada’s Perrine Laffont came after Laffont herself had crashed and skied off the course, meaning the American only had to get up, dust herself off and make it to the bottom of the hill.
Lemley also fell and did not finish in the semifinal against Australia’s Jakara Anthony but advanced to the bronze-medal race.
There, she actually lost the race — a full 0.99 seconds behind Laffont. But because these runs are judged, and time counts for only 20% of the score, with jumps and precision through the moguls counting for the rest, Lamley edged out the Canadian for third.
“I was really going for gold, but I guess ‘Silver Jae’ has a ring to it, so I’m living up to the name,” Kauf said after the race.
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