PHOTOS: Big crashes in men's slopestyle ski qualifer
There were numerous crashes in the men's ski slopestyle qualifying on Thursday. No one was hurt, but it did make for some strange viewing.
Medal favorite Nick Goepper, a 19-year-old two-time X-Games gold medalist in slopestyle, went down in the first run but bounced back with a 87.00, which was good enough for fourth place and a spot in the final.
An ant apparently sneezed during American skier Bobby Brown's run, because he kind of toppled over at the first jump and finished with a score of 3.40. Yes, 3.40. Perhaps he should put on a heavier jacket, or something.
Brown came through with an impressive second run of 83.00 and will move on to the final.
Sweden's Henrik Harlaut was wearing some weird pants, so that's probably our best guess as to why he fell down the slope. Or balance. One of the two. At least he managed a 29.20. His next run was good enough for 10th (83.20) and a trip to the final.
Sweden was having a bad day, as Oscar Wester also went down in his second run and finished with a score of 28.80. At least he had a first run of 72.80.
France's Jules Bonnaire did some fancy acrobatics after his crash, but they did not count towards his first-run score of 2.20.
