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Elsewhere, Kirsty Muir He made a confident start to his Olympic campaign, finishing third in the freeski piste style heats.
Muir, one of Team GB’s top medal hopes, posted a best of 64.98 in her two runs in Livigno.
This placed the 21-year-old behind Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud and China’s Eileen Gu, the Beijing 2022 gold and silver medalists respectively, in the rankings.
Muir told BBC Sport: “I feel really relaxed. I was really nervous this morning. It was important for me to do well in qualifying because I wanted to be in that final.”
“In qualifying it’s sometimes more frustrating, whereas in the final you do your best and you either get it or you don’t. I’ll be ready for that.”
Gu, a three-time medalist four years ago, is one of the biggest global stars of these Games but survived an early shock after falling off the first rail of the opening run.
Muir won three World Cup gold medals last year, including two in slopestyle, after spending almost a year with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
The Olympic final will take place on Monday from 11:30 GMT.
Chris McCormick He was unable to compete with Muir in the men’s slopestyle final and missed out on a place in the top 12 with a best score of 33.90.
The 27-year-old player, who learned to ski on the dry slopes of Bearsden, participated in the first Olympics by treating his ankle injury.
“Just getting to the start gate is a small victory,” McCormick, who will also compete in big air, told BBC Sport.
“I really wanted to show my best ski performance. But I’m very happy to be here, especially when I think about where I came from on the dry slope, it’s a great achievement. And despite all the pain I went through skiing, I had a lot of fun.”
In Tesero, Anna Pryce She made history as the first British athlete to compete in the women’s 10 km + 10 km ski track at the Olympic Games.
Pryce, who left Canada last year, finished 42nd, seven minutes and 24 seconds behind gold medalist Frida Karlsson of Sweden.
Pryce said she was so excited to make her Olympic debut that she was “giggling at first.”
“Maybe I should have felt more nervous, I don’t know. But I feel pretty relaxed and maybe that translated into my skiing – which was great,” he said.
