Snowboard star Peperkamp exceeds expectations with sixth place on big air
Snowboard star Melissa Peperkamp finished sixth in the big air section. She surpassed all expectations in Beijing in her first Olympic final.
The gold went to Anna Gasser from Austria, the second place went to the New Zealand Zoi Sadowski Synnott and the Japanese Kokomo Murase took the bronze.
Peperkamp came out with a total score of 141.75 points, considerably higher than the day before in the semi-final. Then the Zelhemse became eleventh with 128.25. The 17-year-old snowboarder had not expected the outcome, she said afterwards. “When I had to do it today, I did better. After the second run I was even fifth. Really bizarre.”
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Melissa Peperkamp after her last jump during the big air final in Beijing. Photo Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP
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In this blog beats NRC Tuesday, the eleventh day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. On Monday, the Dutch athletes did not win any medals. Karlien Sleper finished sixteenth in the monobob, while bobsleigh duo De Bruin and Franjic are 24th in the standings after two of the four races. Snowboarders Niek van der Velden and Melissa Peperkamp qualify for their finals on the big air. These Dutchmen are taking action today:
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