18-year-old Amelie Haskell made her Olympic debut alongside 26-year-old Emily Arthur competing at her third Games.
The Sydney snowboarders took to the halfpipe under cloudy conditions in Livigno without their third “Aus Girls” amigo
Article courtesy olympics.com.au / Images Copyright Chris Hocking
Misaki Vaughan who was ruled out yesterday with concussion.
In the best-of-two run format, the Aussies did not make the top 12 to progress through to finals, with Haskell finishing 20th and Arthur 24th.
Haskell’s first run was clean, getting good air on her opening backside air, followed by a frontside 540 tail grab. She then went for a front 720 double grab and cab 540 mute for a score of 41.75. It was her best run of the day after she could not land her frontside double grab in her second run and slid out.
“Going into my second run, my coach was just like ‘go as big as you can' and just show everyone you can go super dooper big!’ So that was kind of the mission,” Haskell said.
While she did not nail the trick, Haskell fed off the Olympic energy.
“Seeing the crowd for the Olympics is unreal - it's such a big event,” the Olympic debutant said.
“Seeing the Olympic rings at the top of the pipe was just crazy. I was like: oh my gosh, I'm here… It's surreal.”
Arthur’s start was far from what she hoped for, coming down after her opening backside hit. She lined up for her second run knowing everything was on the line and gave it her all.
“I went for it,” Arthur said of her most impressive backside nine-hundred trick.
“I didn't really come here to come 13th. I've already done that twice now, so I just kind of went for it. It was kind of a risk, but I made that call two months ago.
Unfortunately, it was not to be and she missed her landing, but Arthur’s sunny disposition shone through.
“If I landed, I would have made finals. So I'm glad I went for the risk. It didn't work out today but I'm proud of myself,” she said.
All eyes turn to the men’s Snowboard Halfpipe qualifiers tonight featuring Valentino Guseli – who was on site watching the women’s qualifiers – and Scotty James.
Catch Scotty James and Valentino Guseli in the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qualifiers at Livigno Snow Park from 5.30am AEDT on Thursday 12 February. Finals will be held at 5.30am AEDT on Saturday 13 February.
IMAGE - Amelie Haskell launching out of the Livigno pipe
The Sydney snowboarders took to the halfpipe under cloudy conditions in Livigno without their third “Aus Girls” amigo
Article courtesy olympics.com.au / Images Copyright Chris Hocking
Misaki Vaughan who was ruled out yesterday with concussion.
In the best-of-two run format, the Aussies did not make the top 12 to progress through to finals, with Haskell finishing 20th and Arthur 24th.
Haskell’s first run was clean, getting good air on her opening backside air, followed by a frontside 540 tail grab. She then went for a front 720 double grab and cab 540 mute for a score of 41.75. It was her best run of the day after she could not land her frontside double grab in her second run and slid out.
“Going into my second run, my coach was just like ‘go as big as you can' and just show everyone you can go super dooper big!’ So that was kind of the mission,” Haskell said.
While she did not nail the trick, Haskell fed off the Olympic energy.
“Seeing the crowd for the Olympics is unreal - it's such a big event,” the Olympic debutant said.
“Seeing the Olympic rings at the top of the pipe was just crazy. I was like: oh my gosh, I'm here… It's surreal.”
Arthur’s start was far from what she hoped for, coming down after her opening backside hit. She lined up for her second run knowing everything was on the line and gave it her all.
“I went for it,” Arthur said of her most impressive backside nine-hundred trick.
“I didn't really come here to come 13th. I've already done that twice now, so I just kind of went for it. It was kind of a risk, but I made that call two months ago.
Unfortunately, it was not to be and she missed her landing, but Arthur’s sunny disposition shone through.
“If I landed, I would have made finals. So I'm glad I went for the risk. It didn't work out today but I'm proud of myself,” she said.
All eyes turn to the men’s Snowboard Halfpipe qualifiers tonight featuring Valentino Guseli – who was on site watching the women’s qualifiers – and Scotty James.
Catch Scotty James and Valentino Guseli in the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qualifiers at Livigno Snow Park from 5.30am AEDT on Thursday 12 February. Finals will be held at 5.30am AEDT on Saturday 13 February.
IMAGE - Amelie Haskell launching out of the Livigno pipe
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