Freestyle SkiingXGames AspenSnowmass
It will be held & agrave; between 28 and 31 January in Aspen, Colorado - USA, the 20th edition of the Winter X-Games, the spectacular event with races freestyle skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling. Organized by & rsquo; American broadcaster ESPN, the sports event & egrave; legendary and has a busy schedule of events with the participation of the best athletes in the world in various disciplines. Here are some of the most races & ugrave; expectations of the weekend.
Wednesday 27 January 2016 4 minutes reading time
SCI:
Men's final of the Big Air (Saturday at 8:15 pm US) last year & egrave; was definitely the & rsquo; s flagship event of the whole competition, where you see the most jumps & ugrave; extravagant and spectacular. A & rsquo; one huge kicker of almost 25 meters in which 10 contestants will give the best of s & egrave; showing their best tricks. In 2015 Vincent Gagnier gave the show winning 44 points (out of 50) in one round, surpassing then again with 47 points in the final. Medal & rsquo; silver to Bobby Brown, followed on the podium Gus Kenworthy
Skier X (male and female) (Saturday 2 pm US) Back in the race the sport after a break of three years. Men and women will fly down & ugrave; a track nearly 900m with bumps, falsipiani and steep in what is the most preanuncia & ugrave; great race Skicross the US after the & rsquo; last of 2012. There & rsquo; & egrave; a champion with title to defend, but the show & egrave; assured given that competitors are regulars of the US Ski World Cup.
SNOWBOARDING:
Men's final of the Big Air (Friday & Igrave; 8:15 pm American) As for skiing is one of the races more & ugrave; expectations and spectacular of all the X Games. Last year were awarded medals Mark McMorris, gi & agrave; champion in 2012, Max Parrot and Yuki Kadono, winner of three-leg Air + Style big air in 2015. Other names among the favorites are Sven Thorgren, St & aring; the Sandbech and Torstein Horgmo.
SNOWMOBILE: Freestyle Final (Friday & Igrave; 5:00 pm US) This discipline back to the X Games after a year of stop and without a doubt catalizzer & agrave; once again the & rsquo; attention of the entire audience of Aspen. The 8 athletes will have 75 seconds of time to perform more & ugrave; trick possible on the two super kicker with more than 70 & deg; tilt.
In 2013 Caleb Moore died & Igrave; after a terrible accident, l & rsquo; following year his brother Colten is aggiudic & ograve; medal & rsquo; gold. Also this & rsquo; year & will agrave; race and porter & agrave; the memory of his older brother. His main opponents will be Levi LaVallee and Tucker Hibbert
The Winter X Games will be broadcast live on ESPN continues, but the official site of & rsquo; event will www.xgames.com & agrave; You can get the latest news on competitions taking place, see the results and see live videos of races.
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