Winter Olympics: Nicholls 'can't believe' making final

Great British snowboarder Jamie Nicholls says he "can't believe" he's made the slopestyle final.

Nicholls was seventh after the first run of qualifying but scored 86.75 in the next round to move to fourth.

He told Newsbeat: "I thought 'Well I may as well go all out.' I went for a cab 14000 [four full spins] on the first jump and I guess that's what made it happen for me.

"I landed it for the first time in contest so [I'm] really happy."

The men's slopestyle was the first event of the Winter Olympics in Sochi - ahead of Friday's official opening ceremony.

Nicholls' team mate Billy Morgan, who was the first athlete to compete at the games, finished sixth and has another shot at qualification via Saturday's semi-finals.

In the women's event, Great Britain's Jenny Jones and Aimee Fuller will also have to go through the semi-final on Sunday to make the women's final.

They finished fifth and tenth respectively.

Nicholls added: "Just want to say thank you to all you guys who support me.

"It's just a crazy feeling to be out here in the Olympics - coming from dry slope and all that when I was seven years old."

He said that he's going to relax until he final and aims to "just enjoy" it.

"It's a pretty overwhelming thing and I'm just super happy that I made finals, now the pressure's off."

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