OlympicTalk · Jan 12, 2018
David Wise, Maddie Bowman make Olympics; Gus Kenworthy on bubble
Red Gerard is fourth American born in 2000 to qualify for OlympicsDavid Wise and Maddie Bowman won the first Olympic ski halfpipe golds in Sochi. On Friday, they became the first U.S. halfpipe skiers to qualify for PyeongChang.
Wise won for the second time in the first four Olympic qualifiers, this time as part of an American sweep.
Bowman finished fourth in Snowmass, Colo., but she clinched her Olympic spot from having two podiums in the previous three qualifiers.
Neither Wise nor Bowman has to sweat out the fifth and final qualifier next week.