Murray Buchan: 'I am targeting 18th place'

Great Britain freestyle skier Murray Buchan has revealed that he will be disappointed if he finished anything below 18th place in the half-pipe at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The 22-year-old will compete for the first time in the Games in Sochi, and has a good mind where he wants to finish when he competes in his event at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.

Buchan told the Team GB official website: "I never thought [freestyle skiing half-pipe] would be at the Olympics as it was only a few years ago that it got accepted.

"So the X Games was the real goal. Then as soon as the Olympics got announced the focus completely changed and I zoned in knowing that was what I really wanted to do.

"And now it is here I am targeting 18th. Anything less than 18th would be disappointing."

Buchan gets his campaign underway later today.