ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA— On Wednesday morning in Beijing former Buff, Taylor Gold, and current Buff, Stacy Gaskill, kicked off their Olympic Games in Men's Snowboard Halfpipe and Women's Snowboard Cross, respectively. CU Freshman Magdalena Luczak also took part in her second event at Beijing 2022 in Women's Slalom here at the XIV Winter Games.
Gold has successfully qualified for the Olympic Men's Halfpipe Finals, after finishing only 2 spots short in the 2014 qualifiers. His first score of 81.25 was the fourth best amongst the field for run 1. On his second run he scored an 83.