{"id":2570373,"date":"2026-02-16T11:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-this-previously-unimaginable-backward-finish-where-olympic-skier-wins-by-skiing-backwards-across-finish-line\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:59:05","slug":"watch-this-previously-unimaginable-backward-finish-where-olympic-skier-wins-by-skiing-backwards-across-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-this-previously-unimaginable-backward-finish-where-olympic-skier-wins-by-skiing-backwards-across-finish-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch This Previously Unimaginable &#8216;Backward Finish&#8217; Where Olympic Skier Wins by&#8230; Skiing Backwards Across Finish Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-this-previously-unimaginable-backward-finish-where-olympic-skier-wins-by-skiing-backwards-across-finish-line%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Olympic dual moguls delivered dramatic moments in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s events. In the men\u2019s first-ever dual moguls competition, Japan\u2019s Ikuma Horishima advanced too the final and claimed silver after a chaotic finish where American Nick Page was disqualified for missing a gate. Horishima had been wobbly on his first jump, recovered, but struggled on the second; he nonetheless crossed the finish line while skiing backwards, which left him ahead of page due to the DQ. The format was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-scandals-lead-to-safe-bet-act-full-court-press\/\" title=\"NBA scandals lead to SAFE Bet Act full...court press\">single-elimination<\/a>, meaning losers exited the competition after their rounds. The event was highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-stolen-election-bombshell-fulton-county-admits-300000-votes-were-illegally-counted-in-georgia-where-trump-lost-by-11779\/\" title=\"2020 Stolen Election Bombshell: Fulton County Admits 300,000+ Votes Were Illegally Counted in Georgia, Where Trump &#039;Lost&#039; by 11,779\">social-media reactions<\/a>, including NBC\u2019s televised commentary of the surprising finish.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s dual moguls, American Jaelin Kauf appeared poised to contend, but Perrine Laffont of France missed a gate and was disqualified. With Laffont out, Kauf finished and was reported to have taken silver as a result of the disqualification. The coverage noted Horishima\u2019s bumpy performance in the finals and his disappointment at not finishing the second attempt. The New York Times and other outlets underscored the novelty and unpredictability of dual moguls on this Olympic stage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Japanese skier won his Olympic race going backwards across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>In the men&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dual moguls event<\/a> on Sunday, Ikuma Horishima was competing against American skier Nick Page, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/olympics\/article\/winter-olympics-2026-japans-ikuma-horishima-crosses-finish-line-backward--unintentionally--in-chaotic-race-en-route-to-silver-175332596.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH8rV-gk_srZy9equU5fvdWE77Z27Qa4il3RALoEDUlJErPKUQGBRLZs9viox6VdzKYEzXv8UGUxsznuy9Yh3j7QanP43FzlAN-naRvQvlgpyRny8gou0679KNIeMKlvP1BLZb0MekIfS4ijpgyzTuhTsoE__bnFlVY6PTl4rJzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this first-ever dual moguls competition at a Winter Olympics, Horishima ended up making it to the finals, where he won a silver medal after losing to Canadian Mikael Kingsbury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;I CAN&rsquo;T BELIEVE MY EYES.&rdquo; &#128563;<\/p>\n<p>Dual moguls madness as Nick Page skis out of the course for a DNF while his opponent, Ikuma Horishima, barely stays in control and skis over the line BACKWARDS for the win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFqqi5gnQE\">pic.twitter.com\/hFqqi5gnQE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/2023048050067886186?\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7048550\/2026\/02\/15\/olympics-horishima-dual-moguls-backward-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, the dual moguls event is one in which two skiers compete down a bump-filled slope and perform acrobatics after the fly off ramps. Sunday was the day a single-elimination competition took place, which meant the end of the Olympics for the losers.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Horishima was wobbly after his first jump, but regained control.<\/p>\n<p>He then approached the second jump, where the landing did not work out as planned.<\/p>\n<p>He recovered from his crash to regain his footing, but by that time he was skiing backwards.<\/p>\n<p>Still going backwards, Horishima crossed ahead of Page.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, as long as Horishima finished he would have won, because Page missed a gate during an uneven run and was disqualified for a rules violation.<\/p>\n<p>The female dual moguls event had a similarly bizarre incident.<\/p>\n<p>American Jaelin Kauf crashed, which seemed to wipe out her chances, but her opponent, Perrine Laffont of France, missed a gate and was disqualified.<\/p>\n<p>That meant that once Kauf finished, regardless of her time, she was the winner.<\/p>\n<p>She eventually won a silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/sports\/olympics-paralympics\/20260216-311708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Japan News<\/a>, Horishima had a bumpy ride in the finals, but this time fortune did not smile upon him.<\/p>\n<p>He lost his balance and never made it to his second attempt at a jump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so disappointed that I could not race through until the end,&rdquo; 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He advanced through the rounds and faced American Nick Page, but in their heat Horishima crossed the finish line while skating backward, while Page was disqualified for missing a gate, giving Horishima the win in that matchup. Horishima ultimately finished behind Canadian Mikael Kingsbury in the final, earning silver.<br \/>\n&#8211; The New York Times explains that dual moguls pits two skiers against each other down a bump-filled slope, with acrobatic runs after the ramps, and that Sunday\u2019s competition was single-elimination, ending the Olympic run for the losers.<br \/>\n&#8211; Horishima\u2019s final run was wobbly: he lost balance on the second jump after a rough first jump, recovered to stay in the race, but finished while moving backward. He said he was disappointed not to complete the run.<br \/>\n&#8211; In the women\u2019s dual moguls, American Jaelin Kauf crashed, and Perrine Laffont of France was disqualified for missing a gate, which effectively left Kauf as the winner in that matchup; Kauf went on to win silver in the event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2570374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-16T093811.819.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[73890,73892,73891],"class_list":["post-2570373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-backwards-finish","tag-olympic-skier","tag-skiing-backwards"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-16T093811.819.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570377,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570373\/revisions\/2570377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}