Mac Forehand, an Olympic freestyle skier who grew up in Fairfield, was disappointed with his results in the Olympic slopestyle competition last week.
But Tuesday, Forehand, 24, made up for that disappointment with a silver medal in the Big Air competition at the Livigno Snow Park in Italy.
Forehand, who trained at Stratton Mountain as a youngster and lives in Vermont, scored 193.25 to finish second behind Norway’s Tormod Frostad, who scored a 98.50 on his final run to win the competition with a total score of 195.50.
Forehand went into the Big Air finals in first place in the standings. The competition was delayed due to weather conditions and eventually took place in a snowstorm.
Forehand scored a 95 on each of his first two runs and was in second after two. Two of the final three runs counted.
After his U.S. teammate Troy Podmilsak scored a 94 in his final run for fourth place, with three skiers left, Forehand was guaranteed a medal. But the final three runs would dictate which color.
Matei Svancer of Austria scored a 96 in his final run, moving him into second while Forehand moved to third.
Forehand scored a 98.25 on his final run, the highest score of the competition to that point, moving him into first place. Frostad, who was in the lead, needed a 96.25 to beat Forehand for the gold and he got more than that to win.
Forehand had finished 11th in the slopestyle after coming into the finals in sixth place.
In 2022, he finished 11th in the Beijing Olympics in Big Air.
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