Norway's Ruud strikes gold as weather tests men's slopestyle field at Milan-Cortina


LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Birk Ruud of Norway delivered a commanding opening run to capture the men's freestyle skiing slopestyle gold medal Tuesday here at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Ruud posted 86.28 points on his first attempt and was never overtaken, securing his second Olympic title after winning big air gold at Beijing 2022. The two-time world champion's near-flawless run proved decisive in a final marked by mistakes across the course.

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