Martinod and Yater-Wallace on top in halfpipe qualifiers in Korea
Aug 31, 2018·Freeski Park & Pipe
Bokwang Phoenix Park, KOR - Marie Martinod (FRA) and Torin Yater-Wallace (USA) have claimed top spots in today's halfpipe qualfications for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic test event staged at Bokwang Phoenix Park.
In the ladies' competition French favorite Maritoned topped the field with the high score of the day 92.80 points while the last year's overall FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup winner Devin Logan took the second spot, with Cassie Sharp of Canada finishing on third.
Ayana Onozuka (JPN), Brita Sigourney (USA) and Annalisa Drew (USA) took the remaining top 6 spots and will also compete in Saturday's finals.
On the men's side Torin Yater-Wallace came on top of the pack ahead of his US teammate Alex Ferreira and Noah Bowman of Canada rounding out the top 3.
Ben Valentin (FRA), Kevin Rolland (FRA), Mike Riddle (CAN), Simon d'Artois (CAN), Nico Porteous (NZL), Aaron Blunck (USA) and Taylor Seaton (USA) also proceed to the finals following their top 10 performance.
The finals will take place on Saturday, February 18 at 13:30 KST.
**TOP RUNS:
**Ladies:
Marie Martinod - left 540 safety, right 540 reverse mute,, left flair safety, right flair safety, left 900 tail.
Devin Logan - straight air mute, right 540 opp japan, left 540 tail, left alley-oop critical, left 720 safety, switch left alley-oop 540 safety.
Cassie Sharpe - right 900, left 900 tail, right 360 safety, switch left 360, right flair tail, left flair safety, right 720 safety
Men:
Torin Yater-Wallace - right dub 1260 mute, left 1080 safety, switch right 720 mute, right alley-oop dub flatspin 900 japan
Alex Ferreira - right dub 1260 mute, left 1080 tail, switch right 720 safety, left 900 tail, right dub flatspin 900 japan
Noah Bowman - right 360 tail, switch left dub 900 safety, right 1080 tail, right alley-oop flatspin high safety, switch left alley-oop dub flatspin 900 safety.
**EVENT PROGRAM (local time KST):
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February 18 (Saturday)
13:30 - 15:10 - finals
LIVE SCORING:
Live brackets for qualifications and the finals will be available HERE:
LIVE BROADCAST:
EUROSPORT 1 (ASIA) - Livestream available on Eurosport Player
NBC - USA (Livestream available on nbcsports.com/live)
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