Beijing Diaries | Competing at Beijing 2022 makes Spanish freestyle skier's 'lifelong dream' come true

Magnin became the first Spaniard to reach a top 10 in freestyle skiing when he came ninth in the Big Air event at the World Championships in Aspen (USA) last year. The Big Air jump in Shougang impressed him with its size in a Big Air World Cup event in 2019.

"It's the best jump in the world. It's a city Big Air that's much better than the others because it's a giant structure. It looks like we're on a slope but we're actually on a metal structure. So I'm really looking forward to competing in the Big Air in a few days," he said, referring to the sports facility in Shougang, which is set to host four medal events during the Olympic Winter Games.

Dubbed by the Spanish media as the "genius and pearl" of the country's sports world, the skier and teammate Javi Lliso are the first Spaniards to freeski at the Olympic Winter Games.

"The Olympics are a big event and I want to go home with a medal," Magnin said. They competed on the Big Air Shougang on Monday, with Lliso finishing ninth to qualify for the finals on Wednesday and Magnin being disqualified on 22nd.

Magnin will also compete in the men's slopestyle competition, which takes place on Feb 14 and 15 at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. In the video, the Spanish skier said he has not visited or competed at the snow park, but from what he has seen of the venue, "it looks really good."

A freestyle bronze medal winner in the 2018 Junior World Championships, Magnin said that "winning a medal would be a dream come true." Yet, he also insisted that there is nothing more important in the Olympics than going all out: "We're going to fight to be up there and give everything, and as long as I do my best, I'll be happy."