Elizabeth Hosking delivered two good runs in the final of the halfpipe event on Wednesday night in Beijing, but it was not enough to allow her to get her hands on her first Olympic medal. She concluded on 6and rank.
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The Quebecer, who was the fourth snowboarder to set off, put on all the gum from her first descent with, in particular, a front side 540a backside 540 and one frontside 1080 no plank hold, all well executed and landed. The judges awarded him 73.00 points. She was 5and after a round.
Hosking delivered even better execution on her second run, scoring 79.25 points to keep her at 5and rank. She threw her arms up in satisfaction as she exited the halfpipe.
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Elizabeth Hosking had finished at 19and rank in PyeongChang.
To hope to get on the podium, the native of Mille-Isles had to go all out on her third run, which however did not go as planned. She landed her first maneuver too low, causing her to lose her balance. The 20-year-old still smiled for the camera as he waited for his latest result.
Ahead of the final, Hosking posted a moving message on her Facebook page, saying she was proud of herself and would relish each of her final three runs.
” And There you go. I’m there. It’s the final. This is MY Olympic final, she wrote. Whatever the result, I am serene and above all super proud of the work accomplished. I gave everything. I worked extremely hard. I was persistent. »
Hosking had finished at 19and rank in PyeongChang, in 2018. She was then only 16 years old.
D’Hondt 10and
The other Canadian rider, Brooke D’Hondt, executed her maneuvers well on her first pass, but a small collision caused her to lose speed and, at the same time, points. She scored 66.75 points, good for 8and rank at the end of the first round.
On her next two runs, the 16-year-old athlete crashed on landing on her second maneuver. She finally slipped to 10and rank.
Unsurprisingly, it was American Chloe Kim who won the gold, as she did in 2018. The judges awarded her 94.00 points on her first run. She therefore led from the beginning to the end of the competition. At 21, Kim is the reigning Olympic, World Championship and X Games champion.
The Spaniard Queralt Castellet (90.25 points) won the silver, while the Japanese Sena Tomita (88.25 points) inherited the bronze.