Winter Olympics 2022 - 'Amazing to call myself an Olympian' - Team GB's Katie Ormerod happy despite missing final

Katie Ormerod has failed to qualify for the slopestyle final as her best score of 47.38 was not enough to get into the top 12, however she was delighted to finally make her Olympics bow. The 24-year-old goofy footer from Yorkshire was making her first appearance at a Winter Olympics; four years on from breaking both her heels in training at PyeongChang. Ad/> Ormerod finished 19th overall.

New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott finished top of qualifying with a second run score of 86.75. Japanese 17-year-old Kokomo Murase came a close second with 81.45. Beijing 2022Morgan says White has ‘got what it takes’ to win fourth Olympic gold in Beijing12 HOURS AGO «It feels amazing to be able to call myself an Olympian.

I've been waiting years to finally say that, and to drop in and compete at an Olympics, it feels really special,» Ormerod told the BBC. «I'm really happy with my runs today. It's been a really challenging and difficult course to master, so just to be able to put a full run down and it's exactly how I wanted it as well, so I couldn't be any happier with my riding.

»The snow is definitely a lot more challenging than real snow, because of just how firm it is. I made it work today so I'm really proud." Ormerod got off to a slightly disappointing start with her first run. She started with a backside 270 out before producing a leftside 360 outside 3 out of the rail into the twisted sisters.

She then produced a nice grab on the frontside 3 followed by a well-executed backflip. But on the bottom jump, she made a slight mistake as she overcooked her cork on the backside 7, dropping a hand low on her final jump landing, which resulted in a score of 47.38. Despite the slightly underwhelming score, she was still smiling