Birk Ruud cleared the first hurdle on Sunday in his two-tiered quest to repeat as the Olympic big air champion and win a second gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games. The two-time Olympian from Norway finished big air qualifying in third place, easing into Tuesday's final of 12 freeskiers. Ruud, 25, won big air in Beijing four years ago and took gold on Tuesday in slopestyle.
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