Winter Olympics: '˜I'll be skiing forever, baby' vows Woods after final frustration
James Woods is a '˜life at 100mph' kind of guy. When he's not careering down a mountain, he's searching for the perfect surf or throwing himself out of a plane.
He could be forgiven yesterday for wanting to find a quiet room for a long sit down and a bit of a cry.
Freestyle skier Woods, from Sheffield, admitted he was gutted by his fourth-place finish, in arguably the greatest men’s slopestyle final of all time.
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Hide AdThis is a sport of fractions, not enough speed into a jump and you’ll crash in a flailing blur of arms, legs, skis and poles. Too much speed, same result. The margin between champ and chump is as razor thin as a speed skater’s blade.