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Matt Ladley wins X Games snowboard halfpipe shortened due to snow

Heavy snow forced the X Games’ marquee event, men’s snowboard halfpipe, to end after one of a scheduled three runs in Aspen, Colo., on Saturday night.

The shortened competition led to a surprising podium — winner Matt Ladley, followed by Australian Olympian Scotty James and Ben Ferguson — all first-time X Games medalists. Full results are here.

Ladley, who failed to make the four-rider 2014 U.S. Olympic team, landed two 1080s in his first and only run en route to the biggest win of his career. He scored 82.