Canadian Alex Beaulieu-Marchand grabs another X Games silver
2018 Olympic bronze medallist places 2nd in ski slopestyle
Canadian freestyle skier Alex Beaulieu-Marchand won the silver medal in slopestyle at the X Games on Sunday in Aspen, Colo.
Beaulieu-Marchand, the reigning bronze medallist from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, scored 92.66 points on his first of three runs down the track to seal second place.
American Alex Hall took gold with 95.66 points on his last run, bettering his second-run score of 94.33. Ferdinand Dahl of Norway earned bronze with an 80.33-point run.
"I'm really happy. It's an incredible feeling to have won these two medals," Beaulieu-Marchand said in a press release. "All week I'd been feeling good, feeling confident, even though I didn't train that much."
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Beaulieu-Marchand scored the highest mark in qualifying with a 93.66.
The 24-year-old from Quebec City was coming off a silver-medal performance in big air on Saturday night. He has three total medals from the X Games, including a bronze in slopestyle in 2017.
"It feels like a dream to get two medals in two days at the X Games. It's unbelievable," he said.
"Honestly my legs are destroyed right now."