MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Jan. 17) – Veteran rider Danny Davis (Truckee, CA) pulled out a clutch victory in the third halfpipe snowboarding Olympic qualifier Friday at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain. His victory in the progressive, high-scoring qualifier resurrected his Olympic chances and put him in a position to meet qualification criteria with a second place or better in the fourth qualifier. Defending Olympic Champion Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) did not start the competition after he took a hard fall in Thursday’s first slopestyle qualifier.
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David Wise earned a second-place finish, to lock in his criteria to be named to the U.S. Olympic Team, with Aaron Blunck and Olympic Bronze medalist Brita Sigourney both earning a third-place finish.
Jake Vedder led the way for the U.S. Snowboardcross Team with his first career FIS Snowboard World Cup podium in Cervinia, Italy.
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LILLEHAMMER, Norway (Dec. 3) – Two women have been named to the U.S. Ski Jumping Team for the 2015-16 season based on national team selection criteria. Qualifying were veteran and World Champion Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT), along with Nita Englund (Florence, WI), who finished third in the world in the International Ski Federation’s Summer Grand Prix. The winter World Cup tour opens this weekend on the Olympic jumps in Lillehammer.
Hendrickson, who won the 2013 world title, qualified for the team but is sitting out the season following knee surgery.
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec. 22) – Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) made a big leap towards Sochi Sunday with his third-place finish at the Paul Mitchell Slopestyle at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix. White’s top-four result fulfilled the objective criteria for Olympic qualification as well as gave him the highest U.S. result so far in the five-event qualification series, putting him in a solid position going into the three remaining events.