Live Blog: Milano Cortina Day 11
It's finals day for snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in the Slopestyle and freeskier Luca Harrington in the Big Air.
Snowboard Slopestyle Finals: schedule update
The men’s Snowboard Slopestyle final will now start at 11.20pm tonight (Wednesday 18 February NZT). The women’s Snowboard Slopestyle starts at 2.30am Thursday 19 February NZT.
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6th place finish for Luca Harrington
Luca landed the right-side triple cork 1980 but a slight rotation once he hit the snow cost him points. A very impressive effort in a final where gold medallist Tormod Frostad (NOR) came away with an almost perfect score of 195.50 out of a possible 200
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Standby for run 3
Luca couldn't hold on to the landing of the right-side triple cork 19 on jump 2, so will be relying on his third and final jump for a top score.
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High-scoring first run for Luca
Luca absolutely nailed the switch right-side triple 1980, getting huge amplitude, looking super controlled in the air, adding a double grab to up the difficulty score, and landing nice and deep at the bottom of the jump. His score of 94 gets him off to a great start. Now he needs to back it up on the next two runs.
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Men's Freeski Big Air starting at 7.45am NZT
Just a slight delay to the start of this event - Luca Harrington is all set to compete in the Big Air Final.
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Women's Slopestyle Final postponed
Despite all efforts, unfortunately the persistent snow has meant the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final is postponed.
More info to come after a 5am (NZT) meeting tonight.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Coach Sean Thompson still in good spirits, a chance for a few quick hits in the snow!
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