Anton Grimus of Australia competes in the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Seeding on day 12 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 21, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. © 2018 Getty Images Dual Olympian Anton Grimus has missed out on progressing through to the quarterfinals of the men's Ski Cross on Wednesday after placing fourth in his eighth final heat at Phoenix Snow Park.
The 27-year-old suffered a crash during his seeding run and went into the first final round with a sore shoulder which hampered his chances of finishing within the top two of the heat.
While Wednesday's event has seen multiple crashes as each skier tries to be the fastest down the mountain, Grimus joked that he prefers it to the thought of having to compete in other freestyle skiing sports.
"Put it this way, I'd much rather do this than aerials," he said.
"I guess it's all a matter of if you're comfortable with what you're doing and we train day in, day out, off the snow and in the gym. We've got great support from our nation in that and, like anything, if you do it once, if you do it twice, you're going to get used to it.
"There's consequences -- especially on the big stage -- everyone's going hard, that's how it is."
With his PyeongChang campaign now over, Grimus said that he's looking forward to cheering on the remaining Australians who are yet to compete at the 2018 Winter Games, including teammate Sami-Kennedy Sim.
"We've got a really close knit group," he said.
David Barden
olympics.com.au
The 27-year-old suffered a crash during his seeding run and went into the first final round with a sore shoulder which hampered his chances of finishing within the top two of the heat.
While Wednesday's event has seen multiple crashes as each skier tries to be the fastest down the mountain, Grimus joked that he prefers it to the thought of having to compete in other freestyle skiing sports.
"Put it this way, I'd much rather do this than aerials," he said.
"I guess it's all a matter of if you're comfortable with what you're doing and we train day in, day out, off the snow and in the gym. We've got great support from our nation in that and, like anything, if you do it once, if you do it twice, you're going to get used to it.
"There's consequences -- especially on the big stage -- everyone's going hard, that's how it is."
With his PyeongChang campaign now over, Grimus said that he's looking forward to cheering on the remaining Australians who are yet to compete at the 2018 Winter Games, including teammate Sami-Kennedy Sim.
"We've got a really close knit group," he said.
David Barden
olympics.com.au
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