Svea and Birk Irving of Winter Park are making a strong push to be named to the U.S. freeski halfpipe Olympic team.

After both competing at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain Resort in December, the siblings traveled to Calgary, Canada at the top of year for the Calgary Snow Rodeo World Cup halfpipe competition.

Taking place from Thursday, Jan. 1, through Saturday, Jan. 3, both athletes looked to secure their first podium finishes of the 2025-26 season.

Coming off a 10th-place finish at Copper, Svea Irving took seventh in qualifiers in order to advance to the 10-woman final on Saturday.

Svea Irving was not able to execute on her first run of the final, forcing the athlete to go big on her final attempt. With the pressure to perform at an all-time high, Svea Irving put together a clean run that was highlighted by an alley-oop with a full tweak, a left side 900, a right side 720, a switch left cork 720, a right side 540 and a left side 540 with a Japan grab.

Svea Irving pumped her arms at the bottom of the halfpipe in celebration before waiting to see her score. To her excitement, Svea Irving earned a score of 83.20 which was good enough for her to claim the bronze medal in the event. Australia’s Indra Brown took first (85.20) and China’s Kexin Zhang finished in second (84.20).

The celebrations for the Irving family reached another level when Birk Irving capped the day with a podium finish in the men’s freeski halfpipe finals. After taking second in his heat in qualifiers, Birk Irving skied with confidence in his skills and abilities.

Birk Irving was able to put down a pretty clean run on his first attempt, but it was his second run that earned him a spot on the podium. Wanting to join his younger sister on the podium, Birk Irving landed a switch left double 1080, a right side double 1260, a clutch double 1440, a switch right side 720 and a double flat spin.

The run was scored at a 89.80 which was enough to push Birk into third place for the bronze medal.

Nick Goepper of Lawrenceburg, Indiana finished in first to claim a spot on the U.S. Olympic team (94.80) and New Zealand’s Finley Melville Ives took second (92.20).

Both siblings were slated to compete at the U.S. Grand Prix in Aspen on Thursday, Jan. 8, but Svea Irving had to pull out of a contest due to her knee. Birk Irving successfully competed in qualifiers for the event, taking third overall in heat 1 to advance to the final on Saturday, Jan. 10.

Following the final on Saturday, Aspen will be hosting a “Road to Italy” event where the complete U.S. halfpipe and slopestyle teams will be announced. The freeski halfpipe finals will be live streamed on Watch.OutsideOnline.com.