Goepper’s Olympic Halfpipe Gamble Ends in Pain—But What Really Went Wrong?
Shortly after his wreck, Canada’s Brendan Mackay landed a strong run to push Goepper off the podium and into fourth place.
“He is just absolutely unbelievable,” said Goepper’s teammate, gold medalist Alex Ferreira. “He is a great competitor and great teammate and friend, and for him to go for it in that moment took serious guts. He is a real man.”
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Goepper was not the only freeskier to go down hard in the halfpipe.
Top-ranked Finley Melville Ives of New Zealand suffered a scary crash in qualifying earlier in the day. Team officials said he briefly fell unconcious but was stable after he was taken off in a stretcher.



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