Kirsty Muir’s teenage tricks saw her storm into the women’s Big Air final after finishing seventh in qualifying.
The 17-year-old from Aberdeen delivered a dazzling display on her Olympic debut at the Big Air Shougang.
Team GB’s youngest star at the Olympic Winter Games hit the ground running by landing her biggest trick in the first of three runs and described it as a dream come true after earning a place in tomorrow’s final.
“I was really happy to have landed my dub 12 in the first run. I had a crash in practice with it, so really happy to have just landed it and done it clean,” said Muir, who will sit her Higher exams later this year.
"A dub 12 is like two flips and then one-and-a-half degrees of rotation, then I grab the skis just behind my boot.
"That's my best trick, and I wanted to land it on my first run. I was so happy. Really excited to be in the finals. It's a dream come true. I just can't believe it."
She is hoping to replicate her performance tomorrow and despite excelling still feels like there is room for improvement when she goes for a medal on Tuesday.
Olympic Big Air final for 17-year-old Kirsty Muir!
— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 7, 2022
Kirsty makes it safely through in 7th and will go for the medals tomorrow from 2am.
Set those alarms.#TeamGB #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/6rKFUjvvOK
Muir added: “I can clean up the grabs and there's a few little things I could improve on so I just want to go ski my best in the final.
"I'm really happy with how I did that dub 12 and if I can do that tomorrow I'll be really happy.
"Everyone goes to a final with hopes of doing their best and just seeing how it goes and that's what I want to do."
But it's disappointment for @suummerhayes
— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 7, 2022
3 great runs but she just misses out on the top 12 in 13th.
It's slopestyle next up for Katie.#TeamGB #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/GKy4fJrUuF
Muir was nearly joined by teammate Katie Summerhayes in the final but the Sheffield skier, who will compete in her main event slopestyle on Sunday, agonisingly finished 13th with only the top 12 progressing.
Summerhayes said: “I’m really happy with the way it went. I don't really feel like a Big Air skier so to come 13th I'm really stoked.
"To miss out on finals by one spot is tough but I never thought I would finish 13th, so I'm really happy.
“I’m happy and will go into slopestyle feeling really strong after my performance today. Slopestyle is what I have come here for. This is a bonus event for me.”
Max effort.@JamesWoodsy went all out for a finals spot but couldn't quite make it stick.
— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 7, 2022
He'll be back for the slopestyle later in the Games.#TeamGB #Beijing022 pic.twitter.com/zx87vndUll
In the men's Big Air competition, James Woods valiantly tried to break new ground but failed to land his big moves, finishing 30th.
But it is full steam ahead for the 30-year-old from Sheffield as he takes on his favoured slopestyle - in which he finished fifth and fourth in Sochi and PyeongChang - on Monday.
Woods said: "I wanted to put on a show but the goal is to come in and win these competitions.
"I'm disappointed with my result but there is a lot more to it, I tried some stuff that's never been done before.
"This is the big show, so it's disappointing not to make the finals but I knew how hard qualification would be.
"I'm buzzing for the slopestyle, you get knocked down and you want to come out swinging hard.
"I know what I can do and slopestyle is a little bit more my thing than Big Air."