BEIJING – American Colby Stevenson took home the silver medal in the big air men’s freeskiing final, putting down two monster runs after crashing on his first attempt.
Stevenson’s impressive switch left 1800 on his last run – five full rotations in the air – launched him onto the podium but he had to survive seven skiers with an opportunity to pass him. In the end, none of them did, including teammate Alexander Hall.
Hall, the recent Winter X Games champion, failed to put down successful jumps on two of his three attempts. He attempted a 2160 – the trick he landed at the X Games – in a desperate attempt to snag a medal but did not land cleanly and was eliminated from contention.
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Norway’s Birk Ruud, who did not travel to the X Games because he did not want to risk contracting COVID-19 and missing the Olympics, secured the gold. Sweden’s Henrik Harlaut won the bronze.
Stevenson, 24, nearly died in a car crash six years ago that left him with a fractured skull and multiple other injuries.
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