Rabe stumbles in women's freeski slopestyle finals

The future still looks bright for the young Rabe, who was the flag-bearer during the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea. By JADEN ALBERTO Intern Filipino freestyle skier Laetaz Amihan Rabe finished last in the women's freeski slopestyle event at the 9th Winter Asian Games on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Freeski Slopestyle Stadium in Yabuli, China.

The Geneva-based 15-year-old athlete, the youngest among the six competitors, tallied 56.50 points for fifth spot in the first run of the event finals. She, however, failed to improve in her next two runs and dropped to last place.



China’s Liu Mengteng claimed gold in the competition with a score of 94.00, followed by fellow Chinese freestyle skiers Yang Ruyi (90.50) and Han Linshan (87.

00) who placed second and third, respectively. The future still looks bright for the young Rabe, who was the flag-bearer during the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea. In the women’s curling team event, the Philippine bowed to Kazakhstan in a tight match, 5-4, on Tuesday morning, at the Harbin Pingfang Curling Arena.

Holding a record of 2-2, the Filipinos look to return to winning form in their next match against the winless Thailand on Tuesday night, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m.

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