VIDEO No final spot for snowboarder Niek van der Velden | Olympics

sport">For Van der Velden (21) it was already a revenge that he was healthy and well at the top of the track on the Great Wall of China before his departure. Four years ago, he broke his right arm in final practice before his Olympic adventure, which forced him to fail.

sport">Van der Velden made some mistakes during his first run and then went down. With his score of 26.51 points, the athlete of TeamNL came in 25th place. Thirty snowboarders participated in the slopestyle.

sport">In the second round, Van der Velden tried to set a high score. When determining the list of twelve finalists, the highest score is taken into account and not the total score. Van der Velden, however, did not get further than 46.03. When he got to the bottom, he slapped his helmet with both hands in disappointment.

sport">Earlier this week, the young snowboarder indicated that he had good hopes of a chance in the final battle. “If I look at how my level has developed in recent years, I think I certainly have it in me to show something that is final-worthy,” said Van der Velden, who would have liked to take revenge for four years ago. . He would make his Olympic debut in Pyeongchang. However, Van der Velden crashed during the last training session before the game and broke his arm. The snowboarder was in the spotlight for some time because he was the youngest of the 33 Dutch participants and would be the first of everyone to take action.

sport">Van der Velden will have another chance in the Big Air section later in this tournament.

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