Halfpipe skier Zoe Atkin came into this year’s Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships with a bronze and a silver medal already under her belt from the previous two editions, and looking to complete the set.
A fall on her first run left her in ninth going into the crucial, all-or-nothing second run in Engadin, Switzerland. She could have wilted; instead she produced the run of a lifetime to soar into top spot and become world champion for the first time.
