Overview
- Wang scored 132.60 to Roth’s 131.58 in Livigno, the smallest gold–silver gap in Olympic men’s aerials since the event joined the Games in 1994.
- A five-twist final jump and a higher form mark (12.3 to 11.8) lifted Wang past Roth, who earned a slightly better landing score.
- Li Tianma took bronze with 123.93, giving China two medals in the event for the first time by any nation since 1994.
- The six-man final featured four Chinese athletes against two Swiss, while American Quinn Dehlinger withdrew before competition with a training knee injury.
- Defending champion Qi Guangpu finished sixth and said this marked the end of his Olympic career.