Kevin Rolland Grabs Gold - Yater Wallace makes History!

X-GAMES
January 28, 2011 - ASPEN, USA
Men's Ski Halfpipe

Ladies Final Results:
Gold - Kevin ROLLAND - FRA
Silver - Torin YATER-WALLACE - USA
Bronze - Simon?Ǭ†DUMONT - USA
4th Place - Duncan ADAMS - USA
5th Place - Thomas KRIEF - FRA
6th Place - Justin DOREY - CAN
7th Place - David WISE - USA
8th Place - Xavier BERTONI - FRA

Press Release:

SOURCE - USSA - ASPEN, CO (Jan. 28) - The Frenchman Kevin Rolland relied on some last run heroics to edge out Americans Torin Yater-Wallace (Aspen, CO) and Simon Dumont (Bethel, ME) Friday night in Aspen to win Winter X Games gold in halfpipe skiing. On the final run of the entire competition, Rolland threw down a nearly impeccable display of amplitude and style to spoil Yater-Wallace?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s X Games debut. Rolland?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s last run went double cork 1080, alley-oop flat spin 360, switch 1080, switch 540, to double cork 1260, securing him the gold. The real surprise of the night was Aspen?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s own Yater-Wallace. Just 15 years of age, the young skier electrified the home crowd with a stellar third run that put him in first ahead of halfpipe-skiing legend Dumont with only three riders to go. The freshman at Aspen High School punched his ticket to Winter X after a fifth at the Dew Tour on Dec. 10, becoming the third youngest male to ever compete at Winter X and the youngest competitor in the event this year. A visibly disappointed Dumont took home the bronze, increasing his total medal count to nine at Winter X. Dumont had control of the lead after two runs, but was unable to improve upon his score in his third run. Both Yater-Wallace and Dumont are anticipated to represent the U.S. in next week?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. The U.S. representatives will look to capture the first American gold in men?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s halfpipe skiing since the events inception into World Championships in 2005. The World Championship halfpipe competition will be held at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, UT on Feb. 5.

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