Aspen’s Alex Ferreira held on to win Winter Olympic bronze on Saturday Friday night in Colorado in the men’s halfpipe skiing final in Zhangjiakou. It is the second Olympic medal in two appearances for the 27-year-old Ferreira, who also won silver in Pyeongchang four years ago
Since halfpipe skiing made its debut at the 2014 Olympics, nine medals have been awarded. Wise and Ferreira now combine for five of those, with Porteous accounting for two.
Aspen’s Alex Ferreira held on to win Winter Olympic bronze on Saturday Friday night in Colorado in the men’s halfpipe skiing final in Zhangjiakou. It is the second Olympic medal in two appearances for the 27-year-old Ferreira, who also won silver in Pyeongchang four years ago
Basalt’s Hanna Faulhaber finished sixth in her first Winter Olympic appearance behind a pair of strong runs, but couldn’t keep up with China’s Eileen Gu, who cruised to women’s halfpipe skiing gold in Zhangjiakou.
Aspen’s Alex Ferreira found himself safely into finals after finishing seventh in the men’s halfpipe skiing qualifier at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday night Thursday afternoon in China as he looks to defend, if not improve upon, his silver medal from Pyeongchang in 2018.