Jerome Elbrycht brought home the gold in the mono skier X by the slimmest of margins over Nikko Landeros. Elbrycht was impressive, but Landeros had one of the most inspiring stories of the day. The Colorado competitor lost both legs in a car accident but has been playing sled hockey for the United States Paralympic team, per David Krause of the Denver Post. To have my family here and friends makes it even better. The U. Olympic Committee congratulated Landeros on his accomplishment:.
A pair of Canadians dominated the men's and women's skier X events as Brady Leman and Kelsey Serwa took the gold in their respective races, per Team Canada:. It must have been an especially sweet win for Serwa, who had not won gold since the Winter X Games, when she was involved in a scary crash at the finish line. Before the race, she took to Instagram to let everyone know that was not going to happen again: "Last time I competed, I broke my back, smashed my face and took home the gold.
It was totally worth it, but this time I'm planning to land on my feet. Leman spoke about his path to winning the gold as well, per the Canadian Press via the Waterloo Record :. This year I worked a lot more on the mental side of things and changed my approach. Parrot got things started well, scoring a He added a score of That proved to be five points better than Yuki Kadono who came away with Silver. Wise notched a He capped it off in style, however, scoring a Kevin Rolland received an Alex Ferreira jumped into third and took home the bronze with a strong third run.
The men's Ski SlopeStyle field was narrowed down with the top eight finishers moving on. Henrik Harlaut jumped into first with a terrific second run. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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He won the race by He's one gold medal away from the overall X Games record. Jamie Bestwick had eight consecutive golds during the Summer X Games.
Meanwhile, in the Ski SlopeStyle, Nick Goepper took home the gold medal in the men's competition and Kaya Turski claimed gold in the women's competition. Schultz now has a total of seven medals in his X Games career, six of them gold. The final competition of the night was men's Snowboard SuperPipe.
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