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Birk Ruud (born 2 April 2000) is a Norwegian freestyle skier in halfpipe and slopestyle and Olympic champion in big air. In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Lillehammer .
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Norway's Birk Ruud was crowned Freeski Big Air Olympic champion after a dominant performance in the men's...
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Feb 9, 2022 · Birk Ruud wrote freeski history by winning the first Big Air Olympic gold at Beijing 2022, and his words afterwards were those of a true Olympic champion. At 21 Ruud has the world at his feet, and he's trying to help make the place just a little happier.
- Ken Browne
Dec 30, 2021 · Learn about Birk Ruud, the 21-year-old Norwegian who competes in all three Olympic freeskiing disciplines and has won multiple X-Games and World Cup medals. Discover how he balances his fear, his passion, and his family tragedy as he prepares for his debut Games.
- Chloe Merrell
Jun 17, 2023 · Walking away with the most World Cup podiums and most World Cup points earned in a single FIS Freeski season, Birk earned his first slopestyle crystal globe while also becomming the first athlete to earn back-to-back Freeski overall globes.
Freestyle skier Ruud, who won the slopestyle title at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2016, has set his sights on another gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – and is already visualising how he’ll do it. Here, he speaks to Olympics.com about picturing his tricks, his mental strength, and coping with the death of his ...
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Feb 9, 2022 · BEIJING (AP) — Birk Ruud landed at the bottom of Big Air Shougang and unfurled a Norwegian flag, floating the colorful Nordic cross in the breeze behind him. A camera came close, and he pulled down his sleeve to reveal a gold bracelet — a gift from his father.
