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Nick Goepper Clinches Fourth Olympics With Calgary Halfpipe World Cup Win

The 31-year-old Hoosier qualified after switching from slopestyle to halfpipe following a brief retirement.

Overview

  • Goepper secured his Team USA spot by winning the freeski halfpipe World Cup in Calgary with a 94.80, topping New Zealand’s 19-year-old Finley Melville Ives at 92.20.
  • The victory makes him the oldest athlete to win a halfpipe World Cup, according to the reported results.
  • He will compete at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics from Feb. 6–22, marking his fourth Games.
  • A three-time Olympic medalist in slopestyle, he previously earned bronze in 2014 and silvers in 2018 and 2022 before changing disciplines.
  • He says he has developed a new trick—a switch double misty 1260—for the halfpipe and prepared at his private 'Rollerblade Ranch' training setup.