Canada's Dara Howell won't defend gold medal after missing women's ski slopestyle final
There will be a new champion in the women's ski slopestyle event. Canada's Dara Howell, the reigning Olympic champion, was unable to land the final jump on her second run and finished 21st with a score of 32.00.
Whistler, B.C's Yuki Tsubota advances, Sochi bronze medallist Kim Lamarre does not
By CBC Sports
There will be a new champion in the women's ski slopestyle event.
Canada's Dara Howell, the reigning Olympic champion, was unable to land the final jump on her second run and finished 21st with a score of 32.00. The top 12 move on to the final.
VIDEO | Howell loses ski to finish 21st
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Whistler, B.C.'s Yuki Tsubota did make the final as her second-run score of 78.20 put her through in ninth place.
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Sochi bronze medallist Kim Lamarre of Lac-Beauport, Que., was 22nd with a score of 23.60. She failed to advance after a pair of falls on her final jump of each qualification run.
VIDEO | Kim Lamarre crashes to miss the women's slopestyle finals
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