The 30-year-old has an Olympic silver in slopestyle from Sochi 2014 in his medal collection and has over the years become a rewritten ski personality.

In 2015, he came out as gay and in the Pyeongchang Olympics four years ago, he was noticed for having kissed his boyfriend just before the first run in the slopestyle qualifier.

The kiss was captured by NBC's cameras at prime time.

"To be seen, I think, is the only way to break down homophobia," said Kenworthy, who then became the United States' first openly gay Olympian along with figure skater Adam Rippon.

Kenworthy previously competed for the United States, but switched a couple of years ago to represent the United Kingdom.

He has said that the Beijing Olympics is his last competition, and after two failed races in the semi-final, he only had one attempt to salvage an Olympic medal.

In the final jump, Kenworthy flew high and made one of his signature jumps, but 71.25 points were only enough for an eighth place.

The winner was the big favorite, New Zealander Nico Porteous, even though he fell in the last run.

American David Wise, who won Olympic gold in both Sochi and Pyeongchang, this time had to settle for silver, while his compatriot Alex Ferreira took the bronze.

DON'T MISS: Here the Finn crashes straight into a cameraman

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Freeskier Jon Sallinen crashes into a cameraman.

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