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Woodsy 4th in PyeongChang

J2SkiNews posted Feb-2018



Freestyle skier James Woods went agonisingly close to earning a place on the Olympic podium, finishing fourth in today's men's slopestyle.

The 26-year-old was laying down a great first run before crashing out at the final jump, however he then backed that up with a 91-point second run to sit temporarily in the silver medal position.

With one run to go, Woods was in third and despite a couple of mistakes, he still managed a 90-point third run but was unable to improve his position.

It was then a waiting game to see if he could hold onto his position, however when American Nick Goepper scored 93.60 on his final run, Woods' tenuous grip on the bronze medal was lifted.

Norway's Oystein Braaten (95.00) took the gold from Goepper with Canadian Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (92.40) in third.
"That run, in my honest opinion, I think I can put my hand on my heart and say [if it's] clean, I definitely could have won, and I'm proud of that," said Woods. "I put in a really good nudge, I took a massive hit on the first run, but I'm pretty sure I laced that run – that I was constructing for a good amount of time – three times on the bounce, under pressure, and I'm proud of that.

"Now compared to Sochi, [where] I didn't put my best effort down; there wasn't the depth of field that there was here – the positions really don't matter. But today I went out there and put it all on the line and I went for broke.
"That was just the most incredible competition – it really, really was. We had perfect weather, we had a perfect course, everyone brought their A-game – it was an amazing event. It was just a great show. I could not be prouder of free skiing."


DAY 10 PREVIEW

SNOWBOARD: LADIES' BIG AIR at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre

12:30am (GMT) Qualifying – Aimee Fuller

History will be made at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre tomorrow morning when the new discipline of snowboard big air makes its Olympic debut.

And the ladies involved will be keen to put on quite the show after their slopestyle competition was largely derailed by the gusting winds at Phoenix Snow Park earlier in the week.

Aimee Fuller has twice earned top 10 finishes at World Cup level and was 11th at the Olympic venue when a test event was held at Alpensia.

FREESTYLE SKIING: LADIES' HALFPIPE at Phoenix Snow Park


1am (GMT) Qualifying – Rowan Cheshire & Molly Summerhayes

Britain's pair of ladies' halfpipe skiers have taken different paths to PyeongChang but both will be hoping to let their performances do the talking when competition gets underway tomorrow.

Rowan Cheshire's Olympic campaign was over before it started in Sochi after crashing out in practice and suffering concussion.

Her road back to the top of the sport has been a long and difficult one, and the program which sees her at the start line tomorrow has been measured and well-considered.

Cheshire's return to competition has been managed closely by the GB Park & Pipe Team, gradually building her performances towards the level which brought her World Cup glory in 2014.

She will be competing alongside 20-year-old Molly Summerhayes who is making her Olympic debut.

Summerhayes, who works at McDonald's when she's back home to help fund her career, left halfpipe training yesterday to watch sister Katie take seventh place in the slopestyle final.

The 2015 World Junior Champion scored her first World Cup top 10 in December when she was ninth in China and she will have her sights set on attempting to qualify for Tuesday's final.

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