MILAN - Malica Malherbe became the first Team SA athlete to take to competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.
She placed 25th in the women’s moguls freestyle skiing qualification on Tuesday.
Malherbe completed her Olympic routine in 30.39 and was given a total score of 55.85 points -- 12.27 time points, 8.38 air score and 35.2 turns score -- over the 245m course with a gradient of 28 degrees.
The five-member Team SA is the biggest delegation the country has sent to a Winter Games, eclipsing the four that went in 1960.
This is Malherbe’s first Olympics, with one World Championships participation with a best of 27th in Women’s Moguls in 2025.
Her World Cup best is 18th, and her best Junior World Championships finish is 12th.
There are two teenagers in the TeamSA squad, 17-year-old Thomas Weir and Lara Markthaler who is 18.