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Winter X Games XVI

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Winter X Games XVI (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen'12; styled as Winter X Games Sixteen in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 29, 2012, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 11th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN. The following year, the Winter X Games were held in two international cities: Aspen, Colorado and Tignes, France.[1]

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Sports

The following are the events at Winter X Games 16.

Highlights

  • Games dedicated to renowned freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who died on January 19, 2012, after a freak accident in training.[2]
  • Mark McMorris and Torstein Horgmo landed the first-ever triple corks in the Big Air competition.
  • Heath Frisby landed the first-ever snowmobile frontflip in the Best Trick competition.
  • Shaun White's final run in the Snowboard SuperPipe final scored a perfect 100.00. White's victory also gave him the first-ever five-peat in that event.
  • Mark McMorris became the first snowboarder since Shaun White to win two gold medals in one X Games.
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Medal count

  *   Host nation (United States)
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  *   Host nation (Host state (Colorado))
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Skiing

Men's Slopestyle results

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Women's Slopestyle results

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Men's SuperPipe results

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Women's SuperPipe results

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Men's Big Air results

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Women's Skier X results

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Men's Skier X results

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Men's Mono Skier X results

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Snowboarding

Men's Snowboard Street results

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Women's Snowboard Slopestyle results

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Women's SuperPipe results

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Men's Big Air results

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Women's Snowboard X results

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Men's Snowboard X results

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Men's Slopestyle results

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Men's SuperPipe results

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  • Shaun White became the third athlete in Winter X Games history to achieve a five-peat. His 100-point victory run included a Double McTwist 1260 combo'd into the first-ever frontside double cork 1260. It was the first-ever perfect score in the history of SuperPipe.

Snowmobile

Freestyle results

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Best Trick results

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  • Frisby won gold with the first-ever Frontflip
  • Colten Moore won silver with a Tsunami flip
  • Justin Hoyer attempted a double back flip, but under-rotated, fell over his handlebars, and broke his arm
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