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Zoe Atkin is a World Championship bronze medallist in the halfpipe| Hosts: Beijing, China Dates: 4-20 February |
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Freestyle skier Zoe Atkin qualified in fourth place for Friday's halfpipe final - raising hopes of a maiden Team GB medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Atkin, 19, put down a best run of 86.75 as she made her Games debut - four years after older sister Izzy won GB's first Olympic medal on skis.
China's favourite Eileen Gu topped qualification with a best of 95.50.
"I was really nervous," world bronze medallist Atkin told BBC Sport.
"Sometimes qualifying can be even more nerve-racking than finals so I just wanted to put one down. After I landed my first run I was like 'phew, pressure's all off' so I put an extra trick in there that I hadn't trained just to try and I'm really happy I landed it to make finals.
"It's so much fun - the course is perfect and I'm having so much fun skiing it. It was so fast today, I just launched out of the halfpipe and it feels like you're flying. I'm having a great time.
"I do have a couple of tricks that I might be putting in tomorrow but you'll have to watch and see!"
GB's Gus Kenworthy is in men's qualifying action from 04:30 GMT.
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