Freestyle Skiing: Cassie Sharpe Became a Gold Medalist in Women’s Halfpipe
Cassie Sharpe, a Canadian freestyle skier, took gold in women’s halfpipe with the best result of 95.80 points. It’s the first Olympic medal for 25 year old athlete, who won 2016 Winter X Games.
Marie Martinod of France, who gained silver at 2014 Winter Olympics, became a silver medalist with the best score of 92.60 points. And American Brita Sigourney gained bronze with her 91.60 points.
The other finalists finished in the following order:
4 Annalisa Drew (USA)
5 Ayana Onozuka (bronze medalist of 2014 Olympics) (Japan)
6 Valeriya Demidova (OAR)
7 Rowan Cheshire (Great Britain)
8 Sabrina Cakmakli (Germany)
9 Zhang Kexin (China)
10 Rosalind Groenewoud (Canada)
11 Maddie Bowman (gold medalist of 2014 Olympic Games) (USA)
12 Anais Caradeux (France)