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LOUIE VITO |
Bellefontaine native Louie Vito turned in a fifth-place finish Friday in the superpipe event at X Games Oslo.
Each of the eight competitors in the finals received three runs. Vito’s best run came on his second attempt, in which he scored a 73.33.
Ayumu Hirano won the event with a score of 94.66. Iouri Podladtchikov was second with 88.0, Chase Josey was third with 85.66 and David Habluetzel finished fourth with 82.0.
Vito had the fourth-best qualifying score after the elimination round Thursday. The original field consisted of 20 snowboarders, but only eight made the finals.