Nico Porteous battled heavy wind gusts Saturday in the men’s freeski halfpipe final to capture New Zealand’s second-ever Olympic gold. Fellow 2018 medalists David Wise31, and Alex Ferreira27, of the US will take home the silver and bronze. Porteous, 20, the reigning world and two-time X Games champion stomped back-to-back double cork 1620s in both … Read more
After two stellar runs in the freeski halfpipe final, Eileen Gu claimed her second Olympic gold — and third medal of the Beijing Games — Friday. Gu, 18, was last to start, throwing down a score of 93.25 on her first run that would not be matched by the 11 other skiers in the field. … Read more
Chloe Kim has done it again. The 21-year-old American snowboarder soared to her second straight Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe at the 2022 Beijing Games on Thursday, further cementing her champion status. Kim all but ensured a gold medal on the first of three runs. She scored 94 points to take the lead in … Read more
Team USA’s defending snowboard Olympic champions Shaun White and Chloe Kim will advance to the halfpipe finals at the 2022 Beijing Games. White, the 35-year-old face of Olympic snowboarding who plans to retire after these Games, qualified to advance with a confident second run in Beijing on Wednesday. Chloe Kim, who took home gold in … Read more