Tag: Freestyle Skiing

How to Watch Figure Skating, Skiing, and Curling Tonight

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The U.S. broadcast coverage of the 2022 Winter Games continues on Thursday with medals in skiing, speedskating and figure skating up for grabs. All times are Eastern. FREESTYLE SKIING USA Network will rebroadcast the men’s halfpipe qualifiers starting at 7 p.m. The Americans competing include Aaron Blunck, Birk Irving, David Wise and Alex Ferreira. And Eileen Gu of China, who has already collected two medals in Beijing, looks for her third, this time in the women’s halfpipe final, which will air live at 8:30 p.m. on USA Network and at…

Eileen Gu Will Have to Fight for Gold in Strong Slopestyle Field

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ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old from California who is representing China at the Beijing Games, will be looking for a second gold medal at the women’s freeski slopestyle final on Tuesday. It will not be easy. Gu’s biggest rival is Kelly Sildaru of Estonia, who finished first in qualifying rounds, and several other women have reasonable expectations to reach the podium. The slopestyle course — a series of rails and obstacles followed by three big ski jumps — has been difficult to complete. Marin Hamill of the United…

Do Airbags Make Things Too Easy for Aerial Snowboarders and Skiiers?

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ZHANGJIAKOU, China — In the Olympic-level snowboarding and freestyle skiing world, there is an innocuous-sounding compound word that almost always evokes a visceral reaction — a deep sigh, a shaking of the head, a knowing nod. Airbags. Nothing has revolutionized the halfpipe, slopestyle and big air competitions quite like giant airbags. And nothing has so divided devotees of the events, who see airbags either as useful training tools or a misguided shortcut to success, even cheating. “Airbags have become like the performance-enhancing drug for freestyle skiing and snowboarding over the…