Day 3 of Milano Cortina 2026 delivered repeat champions and exposed contradictions. Mathilde Gremaud defended her title as media fixated elsewhere, Jutta Leerdam dominated in record fashion, women pushed the technical limits in Big Air, and politics intruded where sport should unite.
iPINIONS cuts through the spectacle to the substance.

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