British women Jenny Jones (pictured) and Aimee Fuller both progressed through top the semi finals of the Sochi Olympic snowboarding slopestyle competition after qualifying in their event this morning.
In the process jones, who finished fifth in women’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying heat one with a best score of 74.25 from her first run, became the first woman to compete at the Sochi Games, and the first woman to compete in the new Olympic discipline of Snowboard Slopestyle. She also advanced to the semi-finals.
“I was really happy with the first run and then I was ready to step that up but unfortunately that wasn’t the case,” said Jones, “I came off the cannon wrong [in the second run] and because I didn’t land well I wouldn’t have had enough speed to cut back over and get off the jump, so I just had to cut out.
Aimee Fuller finished tenth in women’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying heat one with a best score of 44.50 from her first run to also advance to the semi-finals.
“I am enjoying myself. I definitely didn’t get down what I wanted to get down so I am a little disappointed there,” she said, “But I see it as a good building block for Sunday’s semi-finals. Riding in front of this big crowd is a completely new experience. I enjoyed every minute and when I didn’t land [my second run] I still continued on and made the most of it. I have had a good day.”