PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Devin Logan is headed to the Sochi Olympics with a victory in the slopestyle final at the U.S. Grand Prix on Friday morning.
The 2011 U.S. halfpipe champion clinched one of three automatic berths after scoring 87.40 points on her first run.
It was just enough for Logan to hold off Canada’s Dara Howell, who scored 87.00 on her second run to finish second. Canada’s Kaya Turski, the 2013 World slopestyle champion, took third after scoring 86.80 points on her second run.
American skier Alex Schlopy won the men’s slopestyle final in the afternoon to earn his first podium finish since 2011. Schlopy, who was the 2011 men’s world champion, earned 92.20 points on his first run to clinch the victory.
Bobby Brown scored 91.80 on his final run to finish second and clinch a spot in Sochi.
