The Norwegian Olympic freeskiing team was announced on Tuesday, and will feature a couple of athletes who could take home some hardware next month in Sochi. The team is comprised of five slopestyle skiers and one halfpipe skier.
The Norwegian Olympic freeskiing team. Clockwise rom top-left: Andreas Håtveit, PK Hunder, Aleksander Aurdal, Jon Anders Lindstad, Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen, Øystein Braten.
The team is as follows:
Men’s Slopestyle
Aleksander Aurdal
Øystein Braten
Andreas Håtveit
PK Hunder
Women’s Slopestyle
Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen
Men’s Halfpipe
Jon Anders Lindstad
Slopestyle contender PK Hunder took to Instagram to react, posting a picture (below) with the caption:
“Been skiing and competing with this legend, @andreashatveit for over 10 years now! Here we are yet again, @xgames in Aspen!! And we got the word this morning that we are gonna be battling it out in the Olympics as well 🙂 !!! #beenahellofaride #xgames #legend #olympics #boss #bøss”
