{"id":308533,"date":"2026-02-20T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/308533\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:41:07","slug":"im-so-excited-its-just-mindblowing-ben-lynch-becomes-first-irish-skier-to-qualify-for-winter-olympics-final-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/308533\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m so excited, it\u2019s just mindblowing\u2019 \u2013 Ben Lynch becomes first Irish skier to qualify for Winter Olympics final &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQTDcxb1JNejlKZWhXdDFkSHFhZjNCUHVGeTE5U05PNDF5cHpsLUtCYlZPT3dHM3VValU2SG5MTU9NYmF2ME1iZ3Zxd0g3ckJiMkVTbWYyNXExdGlWUkY4MFE0bHlmc3FmQmtQdzNGMmtxalNYVURfWEtYWXA4ZWFrWE5NNlYtb2JPa3pWaGVIdGtSNm1mT3JaNXFCdDcwOTVDdkhFVTZuYzl6ZU5zVTJsdnBLUE5HWjhRYjVnaVNRNVlmTGR0SHBPZmxCa0pmOTFzOGExVkkwZUhiWUZ1VF9mdG1lOGltS2pIVF9NeEFYNHB6M0FST3BOUFliQnFiSWs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I\u2019m so excited, it\u2019s just mindblowing\u2019 \u2013 Ben Lynch becomes first Irish skier to qualify for Winter Olympics final<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNWk9Ua3o4aDRyRmRUcUJjYTJva1Z0ZlFWdWhMT1hERUZpUXB5R1RMSDNUYjFaZ1BFcWNialJZYXMxN0xfcnhaX2pTM3RBY29heVRqdzJKYjBpRUNNczJndE1wcjRCbnRzTnkydEE3RFBOT1JrQmI5U2pCRXBKUmI0djNLZ0NFcmFLTU9hRmNyNDM3SHBsLWR5SlhHREVtdXdVSnFVVklwZEw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Ben Lynch skis in halfpipe final &#8211; Winter Olympics updates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNQlpYQlhmZ2hmYXAtZmRHSWFtdTFpNmVVa3ctbFFyLUVEak9CaFVJVUZjeFp5QTh6R3Qza0dBNHVyZzZlV2JNZC05dmZqOUJlc1pESWFzMW1qRF93anN1Yk1pZm9rblJVXzNjUGhlelJvNlpLdk5GZThzc0cyVXVfMmk3RFA0bThWOWR6ZVNkVHotcTh4LTZRTjdzU1h5ZHpwaml1SFp5XzNxNFpHOTkyT0VkWlNrUDF1TUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland\u2019s Ben Lynch makes history as he qualifies for Winter Olympics freestyle halfpipe final<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1YOEFvUnRaa0QyNFJFU1lEOGFSdUNYWHRkTkdyLUF6SGs3dlVjbnloZENQa1V5RnVpeWVBVWlNN2dCNWpremF4c1lHM3FRcXdBcHJRYnFqbDF0ci12NHhna3Q0R2s0SmJjQ3QxU2ZKaDZhc05Gc3cyQkRkZEpVUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland skier Ben Lynch into final<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Radio Kerry<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE9zWUdnMDRsSnB2Yzd0YUFMdmRXbktSTkZlTmRUYmdGdnJXX2xTd3ZFNU5mUWpycnFLdEZLUVVnUllTUFlvaEVaOTVZSEJUNU9WSWR2V1c2V254aUpUNFoyOWp5UllUbmxHeTN1V3ZkaGtjTGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Lynch makes history by clinching Winter Olympics final spot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m so excited, it\u2019s just mindblowing\u2019 \u2013 Ben Lynch becomes first Irish skier to qualify for Winter Olympics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-308533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}