Olympics-Freestyle skiing-Americans Hall and Goepper rule slopestyle to take gold and silver
Alex Hall and Nicholas Goepper earned gold and silver respectively in the slopestyle final at the Beijing Games, with Hall's first run earning him a score of 90.01. He performed a brand new trick, stopping a 1080 mid-air and rewinding the last rotation by half a turn before landing. After completing the run, Hall appeared both relieved and exhausted.0