08/02/2014 16:35
First Sochi gold medal goes to US snowboarder Kotsenburg
Sage Kotsenburg of the United States won the first gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday, dominating the final of the new discipline of snowboard slopestyle, RIA Novosti reports, citing R-Sport.
Scoring 93.50 on his first run decided the gold for Kotsenburg, ahead of Norway’s Staale Sandbech with the silver on 91.75. Canada's Mark McMorris took the bronze with 88.75 after having battled a broken rib in the run-up to the Olympics.