After being shut out of Saturday’s slate of events, the United States is finally on the medal board.
American Julia Marino took silver in women’s slopestyle snowboarding to win her first Olympic medal, four years after finishing 11th in the event at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand took gold while Australian Tess Coady took bronze.
“We all kind of put down our best tricks linked together in a slope run, which isn’t easy to do at all. I just think it’s insanely huge for the progression of women’s snowboarding, because we’re just learning day by day what we’re capable of. And we’re capable of a lot,” Marino, 24, said.
Sunday’s competition will feature another five medal events at the 2022 Beijing Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing (Men’s 15km + 15km Skiathlon), Freestyle Skiing (Women’s Moguls), Luge (men’s singles), Ski Jumping (men’s normal hill individual) and Speed Skating (men’s 5000m).
Team USA women’s hockey will also be back in action against Switzerland after winning their first two matchups against the Russia Olympic Committee and Finland.
There was good news on the COVID front, as well, as bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was cleared to leave isolation after two negative tests.
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