首先：戴上洋基。他们当然知道如何繁殖优质的管子骑手，而今天的决赛全部射门。You know enough about Chloe Kim and Kelly Clark (two women at opposite ends of their careers) by now, but we’d also been impressed by Maddie Mastro and Arielle Gold’s runs enough to be thinking there was a chance of an all-USA podium today if the stars aligned.
Such has been her dominance the past couple of seasons that she was hands down the odds-on favourite and despite her tender years (she’s still only 17) and undeniable pressure to perform, she raced to a commanding lead with her first run, pegging 93.75 to the board.
足以挑战金吗？这是令人怀疑的，但当时并非不可能。正如预期的那样，其他美国人希望对此进行体面的拳头，Maddie Mastro和Arielle Gold都在奔跑1的风险首次命中率上获得平底锅（虽然都不能坚持下去），而Grand Dame Kelly Clark则显示she’s still got gas in the tank with a trademarked lofty run including her front 10 – but with younger riders making big spins look nicer these days, would it have the same impact? After the first runs she was sat in bronze.
克洛伊·金（Chloe Kim）用大型风格的方法展示了她的班级。照片：Sam Mellish
随着Run 2的滚动，其他一些女孩看起来像是他们在他们身上有可能挤压到领奖台的下部平台。Spain’s Queralt Castellet certainly had it in her – she’s so small but sends it so big, had the experience (and heartache) of three previous Games to fuel her, plus was flashing one of the best pipe Methods in the game – but though she got her 10 down she lost speed and vital height lower down, which will always be punished.
Shoutout还必须去法国骑手Mirabelle Thovex，以增加诉讼。She’d clearly been a fan of Torah Bright’s Vancouver runs as she was going for the back 7 switch back 3 combo as in qualis, but struggled with the landing and even when she mixed her run up for her final shot she failed to get any height.
Unfortunately for one of the greatest, most successful pipe riders in snowboarding’s history, there was not to be another medal as a succession of flat landings (how her knees dealt with them and how she kept speed we’ll never know) meant though she improved it wasn’t enough to get back on the podium.
By this time the only rider we thought could have a chance at messing with the lower medals was Maddie Mastro if she could put down a solid run – but she came unstuck on the first hit front 10 again and confirmed Chloe Kim as the PyeongChang 2018 women’s pipe gold medallist.
While many of us will never even get close to attempting a switch triple cork 1440 Octo grab in real life, thanks to the magic of video games, and in particular ‘Steep: Road To The Olympics’, that possibility is much closer than you think.
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