Winter Olympics 2022 - Nico Porteous takes gold in the halfpipe final, Team GB’s Gus Kenworthy finishes eighth

The fierce wind in Beijing caused havoc in the men’s halfpipe final, as 20-year-old Nico Porteous won gold, and American duo David Wise and Alex Ferreira secured silver and bronze respectively. In his final event of his professional skiing career, Team GB’s Gus Kenworthy got off to a disappointing start.

He was first of the 12 riders to drop into the halfpipe, but fell early on into his run. Ad/> Ferreira started well and produced an impressive first effort, gaining an amplitude of 4.4 metres which helped his table-topping score of 86.75.

Beijing 2022'After that bad slam I am happy to be walking' — Kenworthy after horror crash14 MINUTES AGO A big score of 90.75 from Wise was enough to knock fellow American Ferreira off the top spot, before a stunning run from New Zealand’s Porteous stole the show as back-to-back 16s put him in the lead with a 93-pointer that proved good enough for gold. “That is a different level to what we’ve seen from anyone else!” Eurosport commentator Ian Findlay said.

Kenworthy felt the effects of the strong winds and suffered a huge hit to the body when he came down heavily on the lip of the halfpipe, but despite another poor score on the board, seemed to be ok. 'She did us proud' — Morgan on Team GB's Atkin in halfpipe final ‘I am not crying, yea!’ – Gu left emotional after winning run in halfpipe final Ferreira responded brilliantly after being nudged off the top of the standings.

To his surprise he only managed a score of 83.75, but he kept hold of his third-place spot to set himself up for the all-important final run. Wise fell and took a bang to the head on his second attempt after falling face down onto the snow, failing to capitalise on his opening run that had him in second position going