"This time, surely, Kirsty Muir must have believed that a Winter Olympic medal was in her grasp. But as a thrilling big air competition reached its denouement, an Italian with no anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee came down a 180feet ramp and drove a stake through the Briton's heart. It all looked so promising when the 21-year-old from Aberdeen landed a stunning left double 1620, with four and a half rotations, to move into the medal positions."
"I didn't know what she did, but I knew it bumped my score by a decent amount and therefore I really did have to go for it. I went for the 16 again but wanted to get a tail grab in there and that was the thing I knew would give me the best chance of getting on to the podium so I'm really stoked that I went for it. I gave it my all and I'm taking that with me."
"After a competition that was delayed 75 minutes because of heavy snow and high winds, she played a blinder only to find three women performing even better. The Canadian Megan Oldham deservedly took gold with a score of 180.75, with China's Eileen Gu second with 179 and Tabanelli third on 178.25. Muir was 3.5pts back in fourth. It was her second time in that unfortunate position after her fourth in the women's freeski slopestyle last week."
Kirsty Muir landed a left double 1620 with four and a half rotations to move into the medal positions in the Olympic big air event but ultimately finished fourth. Flora Tabanelli, who tore her ACL in November, performed the same trick and scored 94.25 to claim bronze. Megan Oldham won gold with 180.75 and Eileen Gu took silver with 179. The competition was delayed 75 minutes due to heavy snow and high winds. Muir attempted another 1620 with a tail grab on her final jump but could not improve her score. Dave Ryding finished 17th in the men's slalom and leaves the slopes regarded as Britain's greatest skier.
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