Americans Alex Hall, Nick Goepper win gold, silver in slopestyle
by Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times
Feb 16, 2022
3 minutes
BEIJING — The pristine white snow at Genting Snow Park is more than just Alex Hall's office for the day. To the two-time Olympic freeskier, it's a sun-soaked, freezing-cold, blank canvas on which to paint his next picture.
Where elite athletes would generally rely on preset routines long before arriving at an event, slopestyle riders have perfected the art of adaptation. No regulation halfpipes or jump dimensions here. Each course at each contest is new, and when
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