Canada's Olivia Asselin secures spot in women's freeski slopestyle final at Beijing Games

Canada's Olivia Asselin squeezed her way into the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle final, finishing 11th in the qualification round on Monday at the Beijing Olympics.

Asselin, of Quebec City, Que., pulled off a top score of 64.68 on her first run, good enough to be among the top 12 to advance.

U.S.-born star Eileen Gu, who is representing China, finished third with a best score of 79.38 on the second. Estonia's Kelly Sildaru took first place with her top score of 86.15. Norway's Johanne Killi placed second with a score of 86.00.

17-year-old Olivia Asselin impressing with a clean and difficult rail section ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/AyPTpaaKT2">pic.twitter.com/AyPTpaaKT2</a>

Fellow Canadian Megan Oldham, fell just short of qualification, finishing 13th with a top score of 63.10.

The final will take place at 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday. All competitions will be streamed live on CBC Gem, the CBC Sports app and CBC Sports' Beijing 2022 website.

Megan Oldham puts it down with her last jumps of this slopestyle run in the women's qualifications