{"id":803433,"date":"2020-01-24T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/x-games-notebook-ferreira-primed-for-finals-women-to-take-center-stage-saturday\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:16:00","slug":"x-games-notebook-ferreira-primed-for-finals-women-to-take-center-stage-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/x-games-notebook-ferreira-primed-for-finals-women-to-take-center-stage-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"X Games notebook: Ferreira primed for finals; women to take center stage Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Ferreira skis into the base of the X Games Special Olympics Unified slalom course closely followed by Cassie Sharpe on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.<\/strong>
Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

ASPEN \u2013 Saturday at X Games Aspen is all about the ladies.<\/p>\n

Noted as \u201cWomen\u2019s Day\u201d on the official X Games schedule, this is not the first time organizers have earmarked a day for women, but this year they are making sure the focus from competitions to Studio X events and film screenings all focus on female action sports.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final starts the day at 11 a.m. with American Jamie Anderson looking to podium to tie Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris and American snowmobiler Joe Parsons for the second most X Games medals at 17.<\/p>\n

Other female finals Saturday include the ski superpipe at 6:30 p.m., followed by women\u2019s snowboard superpipe closing out Day 3 at 8:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

In between competitions, the film screenings and panels at Studio X are centered around women. At 1 p.m. there is a screening of \u201cUnconditional,\u201d a 21-minute documentary focusing on Anderson. Right after the film screening is a panel discussion in Studio X at 1:30 p.m. called \u201cWomen of X Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

FERREIRA HAS FOCUS<\/p>\n

Aspen\u2019s Alex Ferreira, the reigning X Games Aspen gold medalist in men\u2019s ski superpipe, took part in the inaugural Special Olympics Unified ski race Thursday, winning silver alongside Lakewood\u2019s Haldan Pranger.<\/p>\n

Ferreira will compete in Sunday\u2019s halfpipe final looking to defend his title from last winter and said everything has been smooth sailing so far this week. As a returning medalist, he does not have to compete in Friday night\u2019s elimination.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraining has been going great,\u201d Ferreira said after Thursday\u2019s unified race. \u201cWe had an awesome training Monday and Tuesday night and I feel like I\u2019m skiing well and I\u2019m happy. When you are skiing well and you are happy, then usually good results come.\u201d<\/p>\n

ASPEN\u2019S JARRELL GETS HIS CHANCE<\/p>\n

Aspen skier Cassidy Jarrell will make his first appearance in the X Games. He found out Thursday night he has been added to the start list for Friday\u2019s superpipe elimination.<\/p>\n

Jarrell, 20, was named an alternate in December, meaning someone had to drop out if he was to get in. That happened Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWords can\u2019t describe how proud of this guy I am!\u201d Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club coach Sam Ferguson posted on social media. \u201cNow let\u2019s get it Cass!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarrell is trying to become the next to join a list of Roaring Fork Valley halfpipe skiers to make the big stage, a list that includes Ferreira and two-time Olympian Torin Yater-Wallace, who returned to competition Thursday night in the inaugural ski knuckle huck event.<\/p>\n

SKI BIG AIR QUALIFIER<\/p>\n

Sweden\u2019s Henrik Harlaut, a fan favorite and six-time X Games gold medalist, snuck into Friday night\u2019s men\u2019s ski big air final after taking fourth in Thursday\u2019s qualifier at Buttermilk. He and Switzerland\u2019s Andri Ragettli, who won slopestyle bronze in 2018, were the last two to qualify.<\/p>\n

Winning the qualifier was Finland\u2019s Elias Syrja, followed by France\u2019s Antoine Adelisse and Christian Nummedal. They will join last year\u2019s podium finishers in Norway\u2019s Birk Ruud (gold) and Canada\u2019s Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (silver) in the final; previous podium finishers automatically qualified to finals.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s bronze medalist, James Woods, is not competing this year, so last year\u2019s fourth-place finisher, Canada\u2019s Evan McEachran, slipped into the third automatic qualifying spot.<\/p>\n

Not making Friday\u2019s 8:35 p.m. final were Utah\u2019s Alex Hall, the reigning X Games champion in slopestyle, 2016 big air champ Fabian Boesch, Jesper Tjader and Teal Harle.<\/p>\n

Compiled by Rose Anna Laudicina and Austin Colbert<\/em><\/p>\n

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