Australia's lone men's aerials competitor David Morris will attempt to qualify for the finals of the competition at the Winter Olympics today.
After less than six years in the sport Morris has been something of a revelation and has made four finals in the last five World Cups.
He's the first Australian men's aerialist Olympian since Jono Sweet, who retired after crashing out in the 1998 Nagano Games.
A former gymnast, Morris hadn't even competed in a World Cup event until January last year.
He has also significantly upped the level of his jumps giving him a strong chance of making the final at Cypress Mountain.
Morris landed his first triple twisting triple somersault in China, in December, then put down his first quad twisting triple somersault at a NorAm competition in Mont Gabriel at the end of January.
He won that event with a personal best of 242.82 points.
And by completing that jump on snow in competition he officially moves above the Australian women he has been training with all these years, his teammates only completing triple twisting triple somersaults as their most difficult jump.
"It's unlikely people will win with easier tricks but that happened with the Chinese guy who did easier tricks really well at the last Olympics," Morris said of Xiaopeng Han, the surprise winner in Turin.
"If I can make the finals that is my gold medal and whatever happens, happens. If I get that I will pull out the bigger tricks."
Current world No.1 Anton Kushnir from Belarus will be the favourite after winning four of the season's six events with the Chinese pair of Qi Guangpu and Jia Zongyang also strong.
In cross country Ben Sim and Paul Murray are competing in the men's team sprint.
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