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THE OLYMPICS.
>> TODAY'S PEAK PERFORMANCE
PRESENTED BY YOUR LOCAL TOYOTA
DEALERS.
JAMIE ANDERSON ADD BIG SMILE ON
HER FACE AS SHE TOOK HOME THE
GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD
SLOPESTYLE EVENT SUNDAY IN
SOCHI.
ANDERSON'S WIN GIVES THE U.S. A
GOLD MEDAL SWEEP AFTER SAGE WON
THE MEN'S FINAL ON SATURDAY.
ALTHOUGH SLOPESTYLE IS NEW THIS
YEAR ANDERSON'S HOPES OF ***
GOLD MEDAL ARE NOT.
THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE ENTERED
AS A HEAVY FAVORITE.
SHE LANDED TWO 720'S IN HER
SECOND RUN TO SCORE A 95.25
PUTTING HER IN THE LEAD BY
ALMOST 3 POINTS WITH TWO RIDERS
TO GO.
SHE WAS GUARANTEED A MEDAL AT
THAT POINT BUT DIDN'T CLINCH
GOLD UNTIL BOTH REMAINING
RIDERS FELL ON THEIR FINAL RUN.
WHEN THE WINNING MOMENT CAME,
ANDERSON HUGGED HER COACH, AND
A CELEBRATION ERUPTED FROM HER
11 FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MADE THE
TRIP.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD DESCRIBED THE
DAY AS MIND BLOWING.
ANDERSON SAID SHE TRIED TO
FOCUS ON THE CURRENT MOMENT
RATHER THAN THE LOOMING
PRESSURE OF THE OLYMPICS