Winter Olympics 2022 - GB's Gus Kenworthy through to men's freeski halfpipe finals after 'dangerous' qualifier

Great Britain’s Gus Kenworthy is through to the men’s freeski halfpipe final after a qualifying round that saw one rider take out a cameraman and another suffer a huge crash on a halfpipe wall. Kenworthy fell on his first run but delivered a strong second, with the best of the riders’ two runs being counted. Ad/> It was a nervous wait for the 30-year-old as he sat in 12th – the lowest qualification place – and watched several other riders try to take his spot from him.

Beijing 2022'A really good day skiing' — Muir and Summerhayes proud of top-10 finishesYESTERDAY AT 14:44 Fortunately for the Briton, none could manage it and he will compete for a medal on Saturday 19 February from 01:30 GMT. Visibility became a factor early on in the qualifiers on Thursday as several riders failed to complete their first runs, one of which was Finland’s Jon Sallinen, who wiped out an unfortunate cameraman with his skis. “Oh my god, he’s gone and he’s taken the cameraman with him!” said Eurosport commentator James Webb.

“That is a very graphic representation of the dangers of freestyle sports,” added co-commentator Richard Cobbing, though luckily both rider and cameraman were not injured and able to continue. 'No words' — Shiffrin records another DNF as Gisin defends combined crown Canada regain women's ice hockey crown Team GB v USA — When to watch the men's curling semi-final Kenworthy was also unable to complete his first run, making an uncharacteristic mistake and going into the second-from-bottom in the leader board. But he scored a 70.75 with his second, which was ultimately enough to see him through.

«I don't think I've ever been more stressed out,» Kenworthy said to BBC Sport afterwards. «I could have done so much more. My first