LIVIGNO, Italy — Just before the Olympics, American freestyle skier Alex Ferreira told media in Milan, "It's time to complete the set."
Ferreira, 31, won silver in Pyeongchang in 2018 and bronze in Beijing in 2022 in the men's freeski halfpipe.
Clearly, gold was the goal in Italy.
And as it turned out, Ferreira did it. He snatched the gold medal Friday, Feb. 20 at Livigno Snow Park in one of the last events of these Olympics. His high score of 93.75 came on his final run, edging Estonia's Henry Sildaru by 0.75.
Fellow USA teammate Nick Goepper nearly won bronze with a score of 89, but was beat by the last skier to go, Canada's Brendan Mackay, who stole a medal with a score of 91 to hand Goepper fourth place. USA's Birk Irving was fifth with 88 points.
