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Mark McMorris stomped his backside triple cork during Olympic slopestyle qualifiers yesterday and rode towards the cameras at the bottom of the course to await his score. He looked confident that his run would crack the 90s and put him among the top four riders from his heat who would be fast-tracked to finals on Saturday. When an 89.25 flashed across the big screen, leaving him in seventh place, his expression quickly switched to confusion.

“I landed one of the only legitimate triple corks of the day and I didn’t even come close—it’s pretty ridiculous,”   …  More

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