Brothers Miguel and Nico Porteous have qualified for tomorrow’s Winter Olympic freeski halfpipe finals.

World Champion and Pyeongchang Olympic bronze medalist Nico, will head into the finals as the second seed, scoring a 90.50 in his second qualification run after overcoming some early jitters.

“I had some nerves during the first run,” Nico said.

“Coming into the second run I knew what I had to do and felt more comfortable. I just really gave it my all and it worked out.”

Older brother Miguel qualified in ninth place. 

“I’m really happy with how I skied and I can’t wait to get to show you some more in finals,” Miguel said.

“I couldn’t ask for anyone better to be in finals with, I can’t wait to ski again with Nico in the finals on Saturday.”

Two other Wānaka athletes were competing in the qualification round yesterday with Ben Harrington taking a heavy crash on his second run to finish 13th  (top 12 qualify), and Gustav Legnavsky 19th.

The men’s final will be contested at 2.30pm tomorrow (February 19).

PHOTO: The New Zealand Team