Men's Freestyle Ski slopestyle Olympic final at Beijing 2022: Preview, Schedule and stars to watch

Tuesday's qualification gave us a glimpse at the spectacle that awaits in the men's freestyle ski slopestyle final at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Even at -23C these riders brought the heat in qualifying at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China.

Swiss skier Andri Ragettli topped the standings at the Great Wall-inspired course but big air gold medallist Birk Ruud was hot on his heels and USA skier Nicholas Goepper qualified third.

Goepper is reigning PyeongChang 2018 silver medallist and was one of three U.S. skiers in the top six, with Alex Hall and Colby Stevenson qualifying fifth and sixth.

The U.S. team will make a three-pronged attack at the podium on Wednesday.

But sandwiched between the Stars and Stripes was Sweden's Jesper Tjader who is also eyeing up the medal positions after he qualified in fourth position ahead of both Hall and Stevenson.

It's anyone's game with the medals up for grabs in Wednesday (16 February) morning's final.

Read on for a full preview on all 12 athletes, who qualified, schedule and more.

And what a final awaits us on Wednesday.

Ragettli stomped a monster run in Tuesday's qualifiers to banish all talk of his injury holding him back at the Beijing Games.

But the reigning world champ had already done that with his winning return at Aspen's January 2022 X Games slopestyle competition.

His 85.08 score on Tuesday puts him in top spot ahead of Wednesday's final.

But just behind him is Norwegian sensation Birk Ruud who already won big air gold here in Beijing, and a few hearts with the story of how his late father has inspired him.

Ruud stomped down a dizzying double cork 1440 off the last Great Wall jump on Tuesday, and expect him to go even bigger in Wednesday's final.

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