LIVIGNO, ITALY – Pittsford native Chris Lillis is golden once again.
Lillis helped lead Team USA to a second straight Olympic gold in the mixed aerials final, soaring to the top of the podium alongside Connor Curran and Kaila Kuhn. The Americans entered the competition looking for redemption — and delivered, defending their title.
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For Lillis, the win marks back-to-back Olympic gold medals in mixed aerials. He was also part of the championship trio at the 2022 Beijing Games alongside Ashley Caldwell and Justin Schoenefeld. Lillis is continuing a decorated career that includes 15 World Cup podium finishes.
The team each landed strong tricks for a combined total of 325.35 points, defeating Switzerland by more than 28 points. In a surprising twist of events, Switzerland snagged silver while China, the heavy gold-medal favorite coming into this event, claimed bronze. You can see the full results here.
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Competition Recap
Lillis, alongside Caldwell and Schoenefeld, stunned a nearly unbeatable Chinese team on home turf to take home Olympic gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The U.S. team, with Lillis at the helm, went on to win the two most recent world championship titles in 2023 and 2025.
Just like Beijing, the gold came down to two teams: China, with two newly crowned Olympic champions, and the U.S., with two youngsters and a seasoned veteran.
Xu landed a back full-full-full, the same trick that won her back-to-back Olympic gold on Wednesday. Kuhn matched her with a triple of her own but fell a little over two points behind Xu.
After a crash by Wang Xindi on one of the harder tricks in this event, Curran stomped down a full-double full-full to give the U.S. a decent lead heading into the third jump.
Li Tianma adjusted his own jump to five twists to try to put China back in contention for gold; however, he wasn’t able to stomp down the landing and fell head over heels, losing both skis in the process. It all came down to Lillis, who nailed a double full-full-full and sealed the win for the U.S.
The Swiss team came into this event flying somewhat under the radar. Pirmin Werner (SUI), one of three men who attempted the Hurricane on Friday, stomped down a double full-full-double full for 123 points while Noe Roth laid out a clean trick with five twists for 129.54 points, two massive scores that vaulted them over the Chinese.
Olympics schedule for Friday
Here’s how you can watch the competition on Friday on NBC, Peacock, or the USA Network. You can see the full schedule throughout the Olympics here and see News10NBC’s programming guide here.
Winter Olympics events airing on NBC today, February 21
10 a.m. ET: Speed Skating Men’s and Women’s Mass Start Finals (MEDAL EVENT)
11:30 a.m. ET: Cross-Country SkiingMen’s 50km Mass Start Classic (MEDAL EVENT)
1 p.m. ET: Bobsled Two-Woman: Run 3
1:30 p.m. ET: Freestyle Skiing Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Final (MEDAL EVENT)
2:55 p.m. ET: Figure Skating Exhibition Gala
3:15 p.m. ET: BobsledTwo-Woman Final Run (MEDAL EVENT)
3:50 p.m. ET: Figure Skating Exhibition Gala
4:30 p.m. ET: Freestyle Skiing Mixed Team Aerials Final (MEDAL EVENT)
5:15 p.m. ET: BobsledFour-Man: Runs 1 and 2
8 p.m. ET: Primetime in Milan Bobsled, Freestyle Skiing, Speed Skating, Figure Skating
11:30 p.m. ET: Olympic Late Night Bobsled, Speed Skating, Freestyle Skiing
Olympic events streaming on Peacock: February 21
7:30 a.m. ET: Ski Mountaineering Mixed Team Relay (MEDAL EVENT)
8:05 a.m. ET: Curling Women’s Bronze Final (MEDAL EVENT)
8:15 a.m. ET: Biathlon Women’s 12.5km Mass Start (MEDAL EVENT)
9 a.m. ET: Speed Skating Men’s & Women’s Mass Start (MEDAL EVENT)
1:00 p.m. ET: Bobsled Two-Woman: Run 3
1:30 p.m. ET: Freestyle Skiing Women’s Freeski Halfpipe: Final (MEDAL EVENT)
2:00 p.m. ET: Figure Skating Exhibition Gala
2:40 p.m. ET: HockeyMen’s Bronze Final (MEDAL EVENT)
3:05 p.m. ET: Bobsled Two-Woman: Final Run (MEDAL EVENT)
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