The mixed relay competition in ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February at the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio, Italy. The event made its Olympic debut. The event was won by reigning world champions Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet of France, with Switzerland (Marianne Fatton and Jon Kistler) and Spain (Ana Alonso and Oriol Cardona) finishing second and third, respectively. Kistler won his first Olympic medal, while the other recipients had previously won medals during the individual events earlier in the games.
Background At the 2025–26 ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup, only two mixed relay events were held before the Olympics. Cameron Smith and Anna Gibson of the United States and Thibault Anselmet and Emily Harrop of France won once each. The 2025 World champions were Anselmet and Harrop.
Qualification
Results Final Rank Bib Country Time Deficit Penalty 3 Emily HarropThibault Anselmet 26:57.44 2 Marianne FattonJon Kistler 27:09.30 +11.86 1 Ana AlonsoOriol Cardona 27:23.94 +26.50 +0:03 4 9 Anna GibsonCameron Smith 27:40.43 +42.99 5 5 Alba De SilvestroMichele Boscacci 27:57.64 +1:00.20 6 4 Johanna HiemerPaul Verbnjak 28:05.12 +1:07.68 7 6 Tatjana PallerFinn Hösch 28:39.48 +1:42.04 8 8 Cidan YuzhenBu Luer 29:21.66 +2:24.22 9 11 Iwona JanuszykJan Elantkowski 29:38.43 +2:40.99 10 7 Ida WaldalHans-Inge Klette 30:11.33 +3:13.89 +0:03 11 10 Marianna JagerčíkováJakub Šiarnik 30:36.23 +3:38.79 12 12 Lara HamiltonPhillip Bellingham 32:33.45 +5:36.01 +0:06
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