Kirsty Muir Winter Olympics Big Air Final: How to watch Scottish skier go for gold, times and rules explained
It’s the Scottish skier’s second chance of a medal at this year’s Winter Olympics.
It’s the tenth full day of sporting action at the Winter Olympics and Team GB are hoping to build on their already-record haul of three gold medals.
Taking place across Lombardy and Northeast Italy until February 22, the Milano Cortina games are the 25th time the event has taken place.
A total of 2,871 athletes from 92 countries will compete in 116 events across eight sports and 16 disciplines, including the debut of ski mountaineering.
Last week there was heartbreak for Scottish skier Kirsty Muir who finished just outside the medals in fourth place in the women’s slopestyle.
But she put that disappointment behind her to qualify for the final of the women’s big air in fourth place overall.
Here’s everything you need to know about her quest for a medal.
When is Kirsty Muir skiing in the final of the women's big air at the Winter Olympics?
There are three runs in the final of the women's big air. The first is scheduled to start at 6.30pm today (Monday, February 16), the second at 6.53pm and the third at 7.17pm. So we should know if Kirsty Muir has managed to win a medal by 8pm.
Where is the women’s slopestyle final taking place?
How can I watch Kirsty Muir ski in the final of the women's slopestyle?
All the action will be available to watch on the BBC - on BBC Two, the iPlayer and the Red Button.
Does Kirsty Muir have a good chance of winning a medal?
Kirsty Muir qualified for the final of the women's slopestyle in fourth place so she is certainly in medal contention. The bookies have her down as fourth favourite behind Eileen Gu (China), Megan Oldham (Canada) and Mathilde Gremaud (Switzerland).
What are the rules for women's big air?
The competitors will have three runs in the Olympics final - hitting the ramp and performing a trick in each run.
The score for their two best tricks are combined for the final score and the top three highest scoring skiers take the podium places.
Judges evaluate the tricks based on the DEAL system - Difficulty, Execution, Amplitude (height and distance), and Landing.
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