{"id":279356,"date":"2026-02-11T21:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279356\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:50:13","slug":"kiwi-snowboarder-qualifies-for-halfpipe-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279356\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi snowboarder qualifies for halfpipe final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cam<\/p>\n

\nCam Melville Ives of New Zealand during Snowboard Halfpipe Winter Olympic Games in Italy, 2026.
\nPhoto: www.photosport.nz\n<\/p>\n

W\u0101naka snowboarder Cam Melville Ives has qualified for the final of the halfpipe competition at the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

Melville Ives finished eighth in qualification, with Australian Scotty James leading the top 12 to progress from the 24 starters.<\/p>\n

Melville Ives was happy with his first run, which included a frontside triple cork 1440 and scored 84.75, which put him into sixth place.<\/p>\n

James, who finished second in this event at the last games and is the current world champion, scored the best run of the day with a 94.00.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Kiwi then started his second run in eighth position but was unable to improve when he landed heavily from a jump and lost momentum.<\/p>\n

He then had a nervous wait as the rest of the field completed their second runs, but held onto eighth place and a place in Saturday morning’s final.<\/p>\n

“It’s definitely a high-level qualification everyone was getting after it for sure,” Melville Ives told Sky Sport afterwards.<\/p>\n

“I just got to focus on riding clean and putting as run down.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully I can land some sick runs in finals, I’m hyped, it’s going to be super fun.”<\/p>\n

Melville Ives went into the Olympics on the back of a silver medal performance at the FIS World Cup in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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