"Emily Harrop, who has experience in skyrunning, including a fifth-place finish at the 2021 La Skyrhune race and a win at the 2021 Tignes Trail, led Team France to a dominant gold medal alongside teammate Thibault Anselmet in 26:57.44. She won silver in the skimo individual sprint event just two days ago."
"Marianne Fatton of Team Switzerland - who won gold in the Olympic women's sprint event and has top results in trail running, including a sixth place at the 2021 Marathon du Mont Blanc 42k and a win at the 2021 Swiss Canyon Trail 31k - led the Swiss to silver."
"Oriol Cardona, who has done plenty of skyrunning and mountain trail races - including placing sixth at the 2019 Zegama Marathon - before focusing on skimo starting in 2022, anchored Team Spain for a bronze medal after winning gold in the men's sprint. Interestingly, Cardona is coached by Kilian Jornet, further showing that the two sports are really only one degree of separation apart."
"While the other teams have had years of experience racing together - Team France won the 2025 and 2023 International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) Mixed Relay World Championships and Team Spain won the 2024 ISMF Mixed Relay European Championships and were second at the 2025 ISMF World Championships - Smith and Gibson first raced together in at the 2025 ISMF Solitu"
Ski mountaineering made its Olympic debut at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games on February 21 with a mixed relay race featuring 12 teams. Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet led France to gold in 26:57.44, with Harrop bringing skyrunning experience including a 2021 La Skyrhune fifth-place finish. Switzerland's Marianne Fatton earned silver, combining Olympic sprint gold with trail running credentials. Spain's Oriol Cardona anchored the bronze medal team, transitioning from skyrunning to ski mountaineering in 2022 under coach Kilian Jornet. The USA's Cam Smith and Gibson achieved a surprise fourth-place finish from a ninth-place seed, demonstrating the sport's growing competitiveness and the substantial overlap between ski mountaineering and trail running disciplines.
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