Peanut Gallery: Women's Olympics Halfpipe Finals

by: editor

Some 22 hours after Shaun White claimed gold, the 12 finalists in the women’s edition began dropping in. And falling left and right. Whether it was fatigue, deteriorating conditions, or some inevitable cosmic letdown after the men’s comp high (am I the only one who thinks it’d be more exciting to run the women before the men?), the girls struggled to stay upright. The lack of a dominant first-round run left the outcome in question till the very end. Here’s what stood out to one grandstand-sitting observer. Photos by Steve Mazzucchi.