- - Finnish free skier competes sleeveless for this interesting reason

Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY February 8, 2026 at 2:46 AM

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LIVIGNO — Kuura Koivisto did not need permission to send invites to the gun show at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

The free skier from Finland went sleeveless during Saturday’s slopestyle qualifiers, in which he finished 14th of 29. The top 12 advanced to Tuesday’s finals, and he came 0.18 away from placing 12th.

While the wardrobe decision may have appeared to be attention-seeking, it was actually quite the opposite, Koivisto said. Rocking the black tanktop was purely performance-related and had nothing to do with going viral. He would have skied in his hoodie if he felt he was fast enough. Competition first, comfortability second, he said.

“Speed issues for me. Just trying to limit the wind resistance, and hopefully get a tan at the same time,” he joked.

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No sleeves, no problem ⛷️Finland's Kuura Koivisto completed his Men's Freeski Slopestyle qualification run in just a vest 🥶 pic.twitter.com/jc9WfxnFiK

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