SOCHI, RUSSIA – Medals were awarded in Sochi for a new type of Olympic competition – slopestyle, which was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Jamie Anderson of the United States took home the gold medal with a score of 95.25. The silver medal went to Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi with a score of 92.50. Bronze went to Jenny Jones of Great Britain with 87.25.
Sage Kotsenburg had won the men’s slopestyle event a day earlier.
Slopestyle is a winter sporting event where the goal is to perform the most difficult tricks while getting the highest altitude off jumps, with an emphasis on performing different types of tricks instead of doing one great trick repeatedly.
