Birk Ruud completes his final run on the way to winning gold in the men’s freeski big air competition. Photo: Xinhua
Birk Ruud completes his final run on the way to winning gold in the men’s freeski big air competition. Photo: Xinhua

Winter Olympics: Birk Ruud flies flag for Norway and remembers late dad with big air Olympic gold

  • Norwegian leads from start to finish in men’s final, nailing opening run to score a near-perfect 95.75 points
  • Ruud’s father died last April, and skier says his dad ‘never cared about results, just about me being happy’

Birk Ruud completes his final run on the way to winning gold in the men’s freeski big air competition. Photo: Xinhua
Birk Ruud completes his final run on the way to winning gold in the men’s freeski big air competition. Photo: Xinhua
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