Henshaw just misses final in Silvaplana

NSWIS Park & Pipe skier Russ Henshaw, has narrowly missed out on advancing through to the finals at the World Cup event in Silvaplana, Switzerland.

With competitors divided up into four separate heats, with the top four athletes advancing through to the final, Henshaw produced two consistent runs, scoring 83.33 in the first run and 80 points in his second.

With Henshaw's first run score of 83.33 counting in the best of two format, he fell agonisingly close with just one point separating the fourth and fifth place skiers. Henshaw had to settle for fifth in his heat, and an overall placing of 18th.

After the event, Henshaw was u-beat despite his near finals miss.

"Four go through to finals from each heat, I got 5th in my heat." he said. "Super frustrating but really happy with how I'm skiing!"

Finals in Silvaplana will take place night time AEST on March 3rd.

Next event for Henshaw is the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain.

Article courtesy OWIAOWIA