Ledeux crashes out of slopestyle

PYEONGCHANG, February 17 

France’s 16-year-old world champion Tess Ledeux caused a major shock in freestyle skiing’slopestyle at the Winter Olympic Games on Saturday when she crashed out and failed to qualify for the final. The French wunderkind raised the stakes with a more risky routine in her second run at the Phoenix Snow Park, needing a big score to reach the top 12 for the final later on Saturday. But she badly lost control of her final jump, her arms pinwheeling in the air before she thudded down in an explosion of snow.

Hanyu wins figure skating tile 

“Ice Prince” Yuzuru Hanyu clinched the first back-to-back men’s Olympic figure skating titles in 66 years today. Hanyu lost his balance twice in his free skate but a total score of 317.85 gave the peerless Japanese gold with room to spare over compatriot Shoma Uno and Spain’s Javier Fernandez.

Meanwhile,  snowboarder Ester Ledecka pulled off a major shock as she skied to women’s super-G gold.  American star Lindsey Vonn finished sixth. — Agencies