Nevadan David Wise advances to Olympic halfpipe ski finals
Nevadan David Wise will defend his gold medal in the halfpipe ski final later this week after qualifying Tuesday afternoon (Monday night PST) in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Wise, a Reno resident, qualified with a score of 79.60 on his second run, good enough to put him in eighth place. The top 12 competitors moved on to the finals.
He fell on his last hit of his first run, earning just a 24.80 and putting pressure on him to come through on his second run, which he did.
The three other Americans in the competition — Aaron Blunck, Alex Ferreira and Torin Yater-Wallace — posted the top three scores in the qualification round respectively.
The finals will take place on Wednesday night — Thursday afternoon in South Korea. Each competitor will have three runs and Wise is a favorite in the event.
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