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Rachael Karker of Erin, Ont., finished second Saturday at the women's freeski halfpipe World Cup in Calgary behind 19-year-old Eileen Gu of China.The American-born Gu posted a winning score of 93.50 ahead of Karker's 85.50.Gu and Karker…

Canada's Brendan Mackay and Simon d'Artois earned silver and bronze in the men's freeski halfpipe World Cup on Thursday in Calgary.Mackay finished with a score of 94.50, while d'Artois was close behind at 93.00."Extraordinary"…

Canada stole the show at the season-opening freeski halfpipe World Cup at Copper Mountain in Colorado on Saturday, earning a double podium finish in both the women's and men's events.Erin, Ont., native Rachael Karker captured gold in the…

Cassie Sharpe captured silver and Rachael Karker claimed bronze in the women's freeski halfpipe final on Friday for Canada's 21st and 22nd medals at the Beijing Olympics. China's Eileen Gu won gold for her third medal in Beijing. It is…

The 18-year-old superstar topped the podium in the halfpipe final at Zhangjiakou's Genting Snow Park, adding to her gold in the big air event last week and silver in slopestyle on Tuesday.Gu, who says halfpipe is her strongest event,…

Eileen Gu, already with two Olympic medals in Beijing, moved her ambitions to the freeski halfpipe on ThursdayHer first of two qualifying runs for the event scored 93.75, vaulting her to the top of the field and ensuring a chance at another…

Canada's Cassie Sharpe is set to defend her Olympic gold medal as the women's freeski halfpipe event gets underway in Beijing, but it was another Canadian who helped make it all possible. Ten years after her tragic death, the powerful…

American skier Alex Hall secured the gold medal with his first run in the freeski slopestyle event in Beijing, despite his opponents trying 30 more times and failing to outscore him.The 23-year-old student from Salt Lake City, Utah, could…

During her second run, Gu had fallen backwards off the rail, a mistake which had plunged her to eighth position and with an outside chance at a second medal of Beijing 2022 after winning gold in the big air event. As the poster child for a…

Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud captured gold in the women's freeski slopestyle final on Tuesday morning at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Gremaud, who won slopestyle silver four years ago in Pyeongchang, topped the podium this time…