Earlier than successful a second consecutive World Championships title in Engadin, Norwegian skier Birk Ruud’s season ranged from successful the Laax Open to fifteenth place in Tignes. The 25-year-old appears to have put his ankle harm firmly behind him as he chases a second Olympic Winter Video games after his gold in Huge Air at Beijing 2022.
With 24 top-three World Cup finishes, Swiss skier Andri Ragettli has extra FIS Freeski slopestyle podiums than another athlete in World Cup historical past. The 27-year-old was runner-up on the 2024 version in Stubai, and received the occasion in 2020. This yr marks Ragettli’s sixth World Cup occasion in Stubai since 2018, and he has by no means completed outdoors of the top-five on the venue.
New Zealand’s Luca Harrington completed fifth at Stubai final yr in what seems to be a gradual evolution from thirty eighth in 2020, to eleventh in 2023. Harrington has by no means received a Slopestyle World Cup however got here shut with second place in Stoneham (CAN) in February. Harrington received the 2024/25 Huge Air Globe on the way in which to changing into Huge Air World Champion in Engadin in March.
The highest eight skiers from girls’s {qualifications} on Thursday will progress to the finals starting at 11:00 CET on Saturday 22 November.
For the boys, the highest 16 skiers from Friday’s {qualifications} are slated to drop in on Saturday’s finals.
