From Apollo to Zeus, Kirsty Muir must be cursing those damned Olympic gods.
Exactly seven days after her narrow fourth place in her signature freestyle skiing slopestyle event, the Scot again just missed the medals in a high-quality Big Air final.
The 21-year-old from Aberdeen put down the third-biggest score of the competition with her second trick — a breathtaking 1620 that featured four and a half revolutions — but with two of three attempts counting, it was fourth again.
Her Olympic record is noteworthy: as the youngest member of Team GB four years ago, she finished fifth and eighth, which makes four Olympic top-tens in four attempts.
Canada’s Megan Oldham hadn’t competed in this discipline since the last Olympics but took gold, while defending champion China’s Eileen Gu banked her second silver of the Games.
Muir was ranked second heading into the final run but was edged out of the podium — first by Gu and then by Italian world champion Flora Tabanelli, who took bronze.
Knowing she needed to go even bigger for a medal, Muir’s final run didn’t improve on her earlier scores, and she angrily banged the snow in frustration.
However, this was nowhere near as frustrating as Muir’s fourth place last week, and she took pride in playing a key role in the greatest women’s Big Air final ever.
"I'm a bit up and down at the moment,” said Muir. "I’m not really sure how to feel. I put it all out there so I'm really proud of that. On the third run, I went for a trick I haven't landed before, so I gave it my all and I'm taking that with me.
"It's a little bit bittersweet but I came into this competition today feeling really grateful, and I think I'm still at that point.
"It's a thrill being part of a competition like that where the girls are absolutely killing it. We're pushing the sport to new levels and I'm really stoked about that.
"There's a long way to go before the next Olympics. I've got so much more ahead of me — I'm just excited for the future and what's to come."
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