Jaakko Koskinen succeeded in slopestyle.
Jaakko Koskinen got to celebrate the Olympic medal. aop, Instagram
17 years old Jaakko Koskinen has won youth Olympic bronze in freeskin slopestyle.
The races are underway in Gangwon, South Korea.
– The feelings are really good and indescribable! The run went as I planned, I sketched a bit in the second rail, but otherwise it was really good, Koskinen made the Olympic Committee happy in the bulletin.
Koskinen got 83.75 points in the final. The USA won the race Henry Townsend with 90.25 points and Japan’s Olly Nicholls was second with 85.75 points.
The Finn was still second after two landings, but Nicholls improved his result with the third landing and took silver.
With Aimo Mandelini was unlucky in slopestyle qualifying when his skis came off on both descents. There was no place in the final.
Koskinen was 11th in slopestyle and seventh in big air at the Junior World Championships held in New Zealand in the fall.