How Norway’s Ruud Defied All Odds to Snatch Olympic Gold in Slopestyle Skiing
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Norway’s Birk Ruud added an Olympic slopestyle skiing gold medal in Italy to the big air title he won four years ago in China, overcoming bad sightlines on a gray day to land one of the contest’s few flawless runs.
Ruud put down his best run on his first trip down the mountain Tuesday, after eight of the previous 11 skiers fell. He fell on his second run and his final trip was a victory lap where, fittingly, he spun off a rail and landed facedown.
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