Freeski Slopestyle

China’s Eileen Gu is the first action-sports athlete to win three medals – two gold and one silver – at the same winter games.

Alex Hall finished with gold while Nicholas Goepper finished with a silver medal in the Men’s Freeski Slopestyle final. American Colby Stevenson also competed, but finished in seventh place.

U.S. freeskiers Nick Goepper, Alex Hall and Colby Stevenson advanced to the slopestyle final.

The big air gold medalist finished third in slopestyle after two qualifying runs

Team USA free skiers Maggie Voisin hand Marin Hamill both qualified for the women’s slopestyle finals. Eileen Gu of China also qualified.

Here are five things to know about Maggie Voisin, a three-time Olympian competing in the Women’s Big Air event.

There was no Olympic medal this time around, but Gus Kenworthy won’t be leaving Pyeongchang empty-handed. With his competitions complete, Kenworthy and his boyfriend Matt Wilkas visited the site of a Korean dog meat farm which is currently in the process of being closed down. In a social media post, Kenworthy called it a “heart-wrenching” experience. Kenworthy said that all...

Kenworthy and boyfriend Matthew Wilkas, with a rainbow stars and stripes flag, cheered Adam Rippon at the Olympic men’s free skate on Saturday. Wilkas brought the flag to Kenworthy’s ski slopestyle event Sunday morning to cheer him on. That flag was purchased for $60 at a store in West Hollywood, Calif., Wilkas said while holding the flag at the bottom...

There was no podium sweep in men’s freeski slopestyle this year, and for a while, it looked like there might be no medals at all for the U.S. in Pyeongchang....
Then Nick Goepper came through with a clutch run on his third and final attempt....
Sitting well outside medal position before that run, Goepper linked together strong rail sections and strong tricks...

Gus Kenworthy, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist in freeski slopestyle, tweeted that he broke his thumb while practicing on the course in PyeongChang this week. He confirmed that the injury will not stop him from competing in the upcoming slopestyle event though. Fans will also be delighted to know that the injury clearly hasn’t affected Kenworthy’s sense of humor. While...

Switzerland’s Sarah Hoefflin and Mathilde Gremaud won gold and silver, respectively on Saturday in the women’s freeski slopestyle at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Isabel Atkin of Great Britain took the bronze. American Maggie Voison finished fourth, while her teammate Devin Logan finished 10th.