Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy — who switched allegiance from the U.S. to compete for Nice Britain in his last Video games in Beijing in honor of his mother — mentioned he was “joyful to be strolling” following a horror crash within the males’s halfpipe last on Saturday.
Kenworthy crashed down on the lip of the pipe throughout his second run as horrendous climate engulfed the course. “It wasn’t the run I wished to do,” the 30-year-old silver medalist at Sochi 2014 mentioned after.
“Contemplating the situations, I nonetheless had extra that I wished, however after that unhealthy slam I’m joyful to be strolling and land the run and getting via it in a single piece,” he added. “It’s a good present regardless of how gnarly it’s out right here.”
Kenworthy completed eighth. New Zealand’s Nico Porteous received gold with America’s David Clever and Alex Ferreira taking second and third spot.