Nick Goepper's Epic Final Run Scores Silver Medal For Hometown Olympian

Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 6:27 AM

By Mike Perleberg Nick Goepper earned a silver medal in men's ski slopestyle at the Winter Olympics at Phoenix Snow Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Sunday, February 18. Photo courtesy U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team. (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - A clutch third run by Nick Goepper earned a silver medal in men's ski slopestyle at the Winter Olympics. The 23-year-old Hidden Valley native earned scores of 59.00 and 69.00 in his first and second runs, respectively, at Phoenix Snow Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In danger of completely missing the podium in his second Olympics appearance, Goepper pulled off a masterful performance during his final run to earn a 93.60. The score was second only to the 95.00 put up by Norway's Oystein Braaten in his first run of the finals. This silver medal is the secondOlympic medal for Goepper. He received bronze in the same competition at the 2014 winter games in Sochi, Russia. Fans were watching the competition on the television at Perfect North Slopes' lodge. After his best qualifying run, Goepper gave a shoutout to Indiana and Perfect North Slopes.

Nick Goepper after his first qualification run shouts out to @skiridetubepns Good Luck Nick! @NickGoepper pic.twitter.com/x4C2dj7QEN

— Perfect North Slopes (@skiridetubepns) February 18, 2018 Goepper was one of just two Americans to make the slopestyle finals, along with Gus Kenworthy. The two were part of an American sweep of the podium in slopestyle in Russia four years ago. The injured Kenworthy finished 12th in the finals this time. The bronze medal went to Canadian Alex Beaulieu-Marchand with a 92.40. You can watch Nick Goepper's silver medal-winning final run at www.nbcolympics.com.

When you see your family for the first time after winning your second OLYMPIC MEDAL! 😍🥈🇺🇸 @NickGoepper pic.twitter.com/6ySrMd1P4u

— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) February 18, 2018

Congratulations to Oystein Braaten #NOR #gold, @NickGoepper #USA #silver and Alex Marchand-Beaulieu #CAN #bronze, the #FreestyleSkiing men's slopestyle podium of #PyeongChang2018! 👏👏👏 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/zdcc222Y74

— Olympics (@Olympics) February 18, 2018

Great sports night for #LawrenceburgIN! @NickGoepper won silver in ski slopestyle at the winter Olympics. LHS wrestler Mason Parris @Parris58 pinned his third consecutive state championship.

— Eagle Country 99.3 (@eagle993) February 18, 2018 Goodness gracious, Goepper! @nickgoepper's first slopestyle run put him into first place in qualifying. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/u9yVbhqze0 pic.twitter.com/KQqJjdSoqj — NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2018