Freestyle skiing

Cassie Sharpe wears a mouth guard with a gold tooth painted in the middle and raps to herself just before she drops into the halfpipe, the bars of hip-hop group M.O.P.'s hit "Ante Up" buzzing through the Canadian freestyle skier's head on a loop. The ...

Ayana Onozuka claimed her spot in the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, finishing fifth in the qualification round on Monday. Onozuka, who earned bronze at the Sochi Olympics four years ago, scored 84.80 points in her second of two runs ...

A year and 17,000 kilometers later, a Swiss couple arrived in Pyeongchang this week to watch their son compete in the Winter Olympics. The father and stepmother of Swiss freestyle skier Mischa Gasser left their home in Olten, 70 km west of Zurich, in February ...

After qualifying in top spot for the third and last final of the night, the 20-year-old Hara appeared as if he might take the honor of being Japan's first gold medalist of the games, but came up short as Canada's Mikael Kingsbury and Australian ...

Freestyle skier Nobuyuki Nishi revealed Friday that he has apologized for wearing a hat with a design resembling a controversial Japanese wartime flag at the Pyeongchang Olympic athletes' village. Speaking to reporters after finishing the first round of men's moguls qualifying in 16th place, Nishi ...

Ikuma Horishima led a strong showing by the Japanese team during the first qualifying session for the men's moguls final at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Horishima qualified in fifth with a score of 80.35. Compatriot Daichi Hara was sixth with 80.01. Sho Endo finished in ...

Just shy of an elegant and historic finish in a sport where both are in short supply, France's Jonathan Midol provided a comic reminder Thursday that in skicross, order comes from chaos, not the other way around. Seconds after countrymen Jean Frederic Chapuis and Arnaud ...

Ayana Onozuka gave up speed on a downhill course for spins in a halfpipe. Her reward? An Olympic bronze medal. Onozuka turned in a high-flying run in the halfpipe Thursday night to finish behind gold medalist Maddie Bowman of the United States and silver medalist Marie ...

David Wise considers himself a dad and husband first, a freestyle skier second. That might be why he also became an Olympic champion. Soaring through sloppy snow and sleet, Wise won the first gold medal in the young sport of halfpipe skiing Tuesday, outclassing a field ...