OlympicTalk · Jan 26, 2018
Olympic champions sweep X Games ski halfpipe titles
David Wise and Maddie Bowman are repeating history this season and hoping that continues in PyeongChang.
Wise and Bowman, just like four years ago, won X Games titles after becoming the first halfpipe skiers to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team.
Four years ago, Wise and Bowman went on to win gold medals in the event’s Olympic debut. Can they do it again?
Wise became the first man land four different double corks in four different directions in Aspen, Colo., on Thursday night, according to ESPN.
He scored 94 points in his third and final run (video here) despite not being able to do all four tricks in practice due to a practice fall Wednesday that banged up his knee. Full results are here.