Acrobatic Australian aerial skier David Morris has claimed the nation’s first ever podium finish in the men’s aerial skiing competition by winning silver at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi overnight, just reward for remaining decisive under pressure and sticking to his game plan of closing his eyes and waiting for the ground to come up.
“I was actually surprised I made it in (the final) and the in last one (jump) I wasn’t super confident doing that skill; basically I just closed my eyes and waited for the ground to come,” Morris said. “Strategically that was the right move and I was questioning at the time: do we really want to do this.”