Primetime spotlight
Primetime was again highlighted by the team figure skating event. American Bradie Tennell was able to keep her nerves in check, skating a clean short program. Red Gerard delivered in his final run to capture gold in the men’s snowboard slopestyle. Lastly, the wind has created some issues, postponing men’s downhill and women’s snowboard slopestyle.
Red Gerard wins first U.S. gold medal of 2018 Winter Olympics
For the second Olympics in a row, the first U.S. medal came in men’s snowboard slopestyle. Gerard, a 17-year-old from Colorado, was in last place heading into the final round. The teenager struggled to put together a clean run in his first two attempts but didn’t let the pressure get to him.
Gerard is known for his creativity, which helped earn him a score of 87.16 from the judges in his final run. However, Gerard still had to watch all the favorites after him. Canadian Mark McMorris, a gold medal favorite, fell in his final run. His countryman, Max Parrot, delivered a clean run, however he fell about one point shy of Gerard’s score.
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