Eileen Gu's halfpipe is ready for the Winter X Games.
The 19-year-old freestyle skier won her second World Cup in Calgary with Canada's Rachael Karker taking a second silver behind Gu on Saturday night.
Neither Gu nor Karker scored as high as they did Thursday in Calgary in what was Gu's first competition in any freestyle discipline since Beijing.She will compete in next week's Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., but didn't answer the question of how many events she will enter. The 25-year-old from Erin, Ont., who was a bronze medallist in Beijing, continues to lead the women's World Cup halfpipe standings after three of four scheduled events this season.Ferreira's 94.50 in the second round was the highest men's score of the day ahead of Irving's 93.
"I was able to put it down for the third run. That's the first time I've done that run with that trick. Putting that run down under pressure in my hometown felt amazing."Calgary's Brendan Mackay and Simon d'Artois of Whistler, B.C., placed second and third among men Thursday.
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