Birk Ruud secured his gold medal during his first two runs, so the judges had some fun on his third.
TheOlympicsoften extend heartwarming , inspiring , and unbelievable stories ; rarely do they offerfunny ones . Which is understandable , it ’s very hard to make it to the globe ’s freehanded sporting event , and there isa lot at stakefor everyone involved . But , during Birk Ruud ’s last run during the Men ’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air contender , there was room for a bit of fun .
Ruud had already secureda gold medalwith his first two campaign . His last run would just be a victory lap . The Norwegian skier held his country ’s flagstone in one hand and proceed to do a reasonably impressive toss with the other .
And even though it did n’t count , the six jurist of the event awarded Ruud a sexual conquest : 69s all across the board .
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It ’s a pretty memorable manner to finish any Olympics , but even more so because this was Ruud ’s first Olympics and his first amber medal . Ruud dedicated his win to his father , who passed away last year . " Papa , you ’re with me , " Ruud said while on the dais .
So , even the rare goofy consequence at the Olympics still number with a tearjerker here and now .
you could catch the entire Men ’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air effect onNBC.com . Ruud ’s final , 69 scoring run is in the final portion of the television .
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