USA’s Jamie Anderson Wins Slopestyle Gold, UK’s Jenny Jones Takes Bronze

Posted: 12:48 pm, February 9, 2014 by MunichNOW News

Jamie Anderson (USA) takes the Gold Medal in the women_s slopestyle at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Mihail Mokrushin/RIA Novosti

BREAKING NEWS — (MunichNOW News) USA’s Jamie Anderson wins Gold and the UK wins its first snowboard medal with a Bronze for Jenny Jones!

Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (dpa) - Jamie Anderson of the United States returned to the top of the women’s snowboard slopestyle world on Sunday by winning the discipline’s first-ever Olympic gold medal.

Anderson rode down the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park course and was awarded a score of 95.25 points.

Anderson had won the slopestyle competition at X Games in 2012 and 2013 but finished second to Norway’s Silje Norendal at the 2014 X Games.

Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, who won the X Games crown in 2011, grabbed the Olympic silver medal with a score of 92.50.

The bronze went to Jenny Jones, whose 87.25 score was good enough for Great Britain’s first-ever Winter Olympics medal on snow.

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Jenny Jones of Great Britain takes the Bronze Medal in the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle final at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the Sochi Games — photo: dpa