Eileen Gu, Alex Hall and Nick Goepper provided some of the best highlights from the freestyle skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Nick Goepper, meanwhile,for the second straight Olympics thanks to an 86.48 on his second run. Add in a bronze from the 2014 Sochi Games, and Goepper is the only athlete to medal in all three editions of the Olympic men’s freeski slopestyle event.
The 24-year-old overcame a near-fatal car crash in 2016 to reach the 2022 Winter Games. Once in Beijing, Stevenson stepped up in the inaugural men’s big air competition. He came up clutch with a 91.75 score in his second run and a 91.25 score in his third run.
China's Xu Mengtao, the silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, won gold. Belarus’ Hannah Huskova, the 2018 gold medalist, earned her second straight Olympic medal with silver in Beijing.Four American freeskiers made it to the final 12 of the women’s moguls event, but Jaelin KaufKauf went from seventh place in PyeongChang to second in Beijing. She earned a final score of 80.28 and helped the U.S. earn its seventh ever medal in the event, the most of any country.
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