Ireland's Ben Lynch will have to wait another day to open his Winter Olympics account in Milano-Cortina after the men's halfpipe event was pushed back 24 hours due to adverse weather conditions.

Ireland’s Ben Lynch has finished eighth in the Winter Olympics final of the freestyle skiing halfpipe, with a top score of 75.00 in the final run, just short of his top score and personal best of 75.75 in qualifying. Lynch had become the first Irish skier to qualify for a Winter Olympics final after finishing 11 th in the qualifiers.

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IN sensational style, Team Ireland’s Ben Lynch qualified for the Olympic final of the men’s freestyle skiing half pipe, finishing 11th in the qualifiers with a top score and personal best of

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It means that Lynch has become the first Irish skier to qualify for any final at the Winter Olympics. The Dublin-born athlete will be back in action for the final on Friday evening.

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