Snowboard: Halfpipe World Cup: Johannes Höpfl creates Olympic norm

Snowboarder Johannes Höpfl with 15th place in the qualification for the third halfpipe World Cup of the season in the Chinese Secret Garden has the prerequisites for participation in the Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9th place). till 25. February).

The national snowboarding federation Snowboard Germany had demanded two places among the best 18 in the World Cup for the trip to South Korea. The 22-year-old Höpfl from Hauzenberg in Lower Bavaria, Germany, had grabbed the first part of the standard with a tenth place at the start of the season in Cardrona/New Zealand. In Copper Mountain/USA it only reached 47th place one and a half weeks ago because of a broken board.

The Olympic participant of 2014 missed the finals at the Chongli ski resort, where the 2022 Winter Games are scheduled to take place, but clearly. The top ten athletes will compete in Thursday night’s World Cup victory.