Three Americans looked to crowd the medal stand at the men’s freestyle skiing slopestyle event, hoping that a European-centric field would not disrupt those plans.
Two of them did it: Alex Hall won gold and Nick Goepper took silver on another sunny, below-zero day at Genting Snow Park. Jesper Tjader of Sweden won bronze.
In a competition where only a skier’s best score counted, Hall set a high bar early with a 90.01 score on the first of three runs. When he landed his last jump, his hoot could be heard throughout the finish area.
Everyone else spent the morning trying to make more noise.