Not to be. He's sat down on the seat of his pants.

At least silver for Red Gerard.

Only Max Parrot can stop him from winning America's first gold of these Games...

Through the pipes. Here comes the jumps. Relaxed....

Marcus Kleveland.

Really, he is the best in the world.

What's he got?

Can you believe it? McMorris goes down in the third of his three jumps.

There will be no wonderstory for the Canadian.

Two men stand between Red Gerard and gold...

Is this good enough from McMorris?

Not the best start. Needs good jumps...

Mark McMorris, the fairytale from Canada, is next out of the gate.

The first of three men to go.

Red Gerard, only 17, still leads.

Carlos Garcia Knight, the leader after the first run, will not be taking home a medal.

He stacks it early in his final run and will not improve on fourth place.

There it is! 87.16!

He can't believe it.

Gerard clasps his hands.

There are four men to go...

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Cat, meet pigeons.

What has Red Gerard pulled off here?

Jumps a thing of beauty. Double-cork 1260. It should be a huge score...

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

It's a Greek tragedy, to be so composed and have landed the run of your life to that point.

Up to that point there was nothing wrong with it. That is heartbreaking for Sebastien Toutant.

How close was that?!?!

Canada's Sebastien Toutant was coming from nowhere. The final jump was incredible. Three corkscrews, but the landing not nailed.

What might have been...

Not to be for the Norwegian, who tastes the snow.

The best he can hope for is a repeat of his silver from four years ago.

Heavy contact on a pipe to begin, but recovered. Good pace, increasing.

Into the jumps...

The man in second, Staale Sandbech...

Hello, IOC president Thomas Bach is at the men's slopestyle final. Kitted out in black, he's wearing a slightly confused smile.

Earlier on, we were keeping an eye on the final games in the mixed curling round robin. China, who needed to win to progress, thrashed Norway, who now look in severe danger of going out.

So complex are the permutations, the official Olympics website has not published the final table yet....

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I've just been told that's -13 degrees at the Phoenix Snow Park.

Like a warm day in Manchester.

Right then, business end. Remember, it's a rider's best run that counts, so in theory, everyone still has a chance of a medal.

Just that one, perfect, run for Olympic glory...

Team GB's Jamie Nicholls, on BBC One, on current leader Mark McMorris: "He's a wizard on a snowboard. The guy can pretty much do whatever he wants."

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If you cast your mind back to 2014, you may remember that Jenny Jones won GB's first Olympic medal on snow in this every event.

Have a little look at this...