WINTER X-GAMES 2014. Знаменитите американски екстремни игри на ESPN ще започнат новия сезон 2014 със зимните X Games Aspen, които се завръщат в курорта Аспен/Сноумас в щата Колорадо, САЩ, от 23-ти до 26-ти януари 2014 г. и ще могат да бъдат проследени наживо по каналите на ESPN и ABC.

Nick Baumgartner (in white) leads during Snowboarder X finals at X Games Aspen 2011. After a year hiatus, the event returns to Aspen in January. Photo: Josh Duplechian/XGames.com

Най-главното зимно екшън спорт събитие на планетата ще отпразнува своята 13-та година в Аспен и отново ще бъде сцена за талантите на повече от 200 атлети от целия свят, които ще се състезават за медалите и наградния фонд в спортовете сноуборд, ски и моторни шейни. Може би най-важната за нас новина е, че дисциплините сноубордкрос и дълги скокове с моторни шейни се завръщат в програмата на X Games Aspen през 2014-та след известно прекъсване. Както е известно, първата от двете - бордеркроса - е дисциплината, в която участва звездата на българския сноуборд Александра Жекова. Освен всичко друго, именно чаровната българска националка е сребърната медалистка от предходния X-Games бордеркрос, състоял се по време на щатските екстремни игри в Аспен през 2012-та. Този факт няма как да бъде пропуснат от организаторите, затова естествено Жекова е получила официална покана за участие в X Games през януари 2014-та в Аспен наред с останалите топ-атлети от цял свят (участието е само с покана от органзиаторите).

Aspen, Co - 28, JANUARY 2012 - Buttermilk Mountain: Women's Snowboarder X Medal Ceremony during Winter X Games Aspen 2012. (L to R) Alexandra Jekova, Dominique Maltais and Maelle Ricker..(Photo by Allen Kee / ESPN Images)

Специално за SKI.BG Александра сподели, че все още не е взела решение дали да потвърди участието си, което не е чудно предвид факта, че X Games Aspen 2014 ще са само две седмици преди най-голямото спортно събитие на планетата - Зимните Олимпийски игри в Сочи. Имаме уверение, че когато Алекс Жекова вземе това решение, читателите на SKI.BG първи ще научат :)

Междувременно очаквайте съвсем скоро ексклузивните впечатления на Александра Жекова от тренировъчния лагер на сняг, който тя провежда в момента на глетчера Пицтал в Австрия!

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28 ноември 2013 г.

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WINTER X-GAMES ASPEN 2014 Reveals Sport Disciplines and First Wave of Invited Athletes

Taking place just two weeks prior to the opening of the Sochi Games, X Games Aspen will showcase more Winter Olympians than ever before as Snowboard and Ski Slopestyle and Ski SuperPipe make their official Olympic debuts – joining existing X Games and Olympic disciplines of Snowboard SuperPipe and Snowboarder X.  X Games Aspen will be the final world-class competition to watch Olympic hopefuls compete before heading to Sochi.
 
“We’re excited to showcase the talents of over 200 world-class athletes at X Games Aspen,” said Scott Guglielmino, ESPN senior vice president of Programming and X Games. “Since 1997 the Winter X Games has become the pinnacle event for the world’s best and this year many of these athletes will also be representing their countries at the Olympic Games in Sochi right after X Games Aspen.”
 
ESPN and ABC will televise a combined 16 hours of live X Games Aspen competition in high definition.  An additional 10 hours of competition will be carried on ESPN3 as well as the latest coverage across ESPN digital platforms, including XGames.com, X Games app, X Games pages across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and more.
 
The full list of X Games Aspen sport disciplines is as follows:

X Games Aspen 2014
Jan. 23-26, 2014
 
Ski
Big Air
Slopestyle (M & W)*
SuperPipe (M & W)*

Snowboard
Big Air
Real Snow
Slopestyle (M & W)*
SuperPipe (M & W)*
Snowboarder X (M&W)*

Snowmobile
Freestyle
Long Jump
SnoCross
SnoCross Adaptive

*Denotes 2014 Sochi Games disciplines

For the complete, updated list of X Games Aspen 2014 athletes, go to www.xgames.com. *PLEASE NOTE: The invited athlete list is constantly being updated and is subject to change.

Among the first wave of invited athletes:

 •Bobby Brown – A three-time X Games gold medalist, Brown holds the distinction as the first skier to win two gold medals at the same X Games event in 2010, and is a former ESPY nominee for Best Male Action Sports Athlete.
 •Kelly Clark – The first female snowboarder to land a 1080 in competition, Clark made history at X Games Aspen last year by becoming the first female to three-peat in the Snowboard SuperPipe competition.  Clark also owns Olympic gold from the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze from 2010.
 •Seth Wescott – Always a threat to podium, Wescott is a seven-time Snowboarder X medalist at X Games Aspen with four silver and three bronze medals in his arsenal. Wescott is also the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist in the discipline.
 •Lindsey Jacobellis – A fixture on the podium, Jacobellis is arguably the most dominant force in the history of Snowboarder X with six gold medals and two sets of three-peats at X Games Aspen. With Sochi marking her third Winter Olympic appearance, Jacobellis will be motivated t as she attempts to add gold to the silver medal she claimed from the 2006 Winter Olympics.
 •Jamie Anderson – Anderson is the most decorated rider in the women’s Slopestyle field, with four of her eight medals being gold and having podiumed at every X Games Aspen she has competed in. At age 15, she was the youngest female medalist in X Games history and the youngest gold medalist at age 16.
 •Kaya Turski – The most dominant female in Ski Slopestyle, Turski has medaled at every X Games event and was the first woman to land a switch 1080 in 2011. With a total of four out of six medals from X Games being gold, Turski is a favorite to podium in the debut of Ski Slopestyle in Sochi.
 •Mark McMorris – The first snowboarder to land the triple cork in competition, McMorris became a sensation at X Games Aspen 2012, winning gold in both Slopestyle and Big Air, followed by an additional gold in Slopestyle and silver in Big Air at X Games Aspen 2013.
 •Torin Yater-Wallace – Aspen local Yater-Wallace quickly gained notoriety in 2011 when he became the first to land a switch 1800 in competition and went onto earn a silver medal in Ski SuperPipe at X Games Aspen when he was just 15 years old. Since then, he has added two more medals to his collection – a bronze from X Games Aspen 2012 and silver in 2013.
 •Tucker Hibbert – The most decorated SnoCross racer in X Games history and 2012 FIM Snocross World Champion, Hibbert will be chasing the first-ever seven-peat in X Games history. With a total of 11 medals from 13 X Games winter appearances, Hibbert still holds the record for youngest athlete to ever win gold at winter when he accomplished this feat at the age of 15 in 2000.
 
Additional details on the X Games athletes, competition schedule, music and more can be found on www.xgames.com. Follow the X Games on Twitter a twitter.com/xgames.

Press Release
ESPN event media
November 27, 2013

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