Korea's Gaon Choi, 17, rebounded from a hard fall to win gold — and end her role model's historic bid for three in a row in the Winter Olympic halfpipe.
Pinckney's Jake Vedder competed in his second Winter Olympic Games in snowboard cross on Thursday, Feb. 12.
No sport at the Winter Olympics is more chaotic and arguably more exhilarating than snowboard cross, which whittles down a 32-person field with a series of four-man heats that resemble a human version of the Daytona 500 combined with a touch of Kentucky Derby — on a snowboard,
Kokomo Murase completed a golden snowboard Big Air Olympic double for Japan on Monday, after Kira Kimura had won the men's competition on the weekend. X Games champion Murase clinched the gold four years after bronze on her final jump with a score a score of 89.
Choi Gaon is Chloe Kim's protégé. The 17-year-old's Olympic success made the American great feel like a "proud mom."
Sainte-Marie native finishes just behind Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle at the Livigno Snow Park to claim his third Olympic medal.