Woods happy with "clean" performance despite injury

Woods happy with "clean" performance

Great Britain skier James Woods has declared how happy he is with his "clean" performance in the Olympic ski slopestyle final, despite carrying an injury.

The 22-year-old "felt a twang" during his second run in qualifying, but still managed to come fifth in the final.

Woods told BBC Sport after the event: "I'm a bit sore but ultimately very, very happy and proud to have been representing Great Britain in such an incredible event. Some things hurt more than others, that was in the back of my mind. I tried to forget about it, think about why I'm here, because that's a long way down."

"I love skiing, I love what I'm doing, I certainly didn't bring my best game to the table today but I'm incredibly proud to be here.

"To have put down two runs, if anything I know what I'm good at, I know I was pretty clean and I was happy with it."

United States skier Joss Christensen won the gold medal after scoring 95.80 on his first run.

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