Team USA Sweeps Slopestyle: Jamie Anderson Takes Home Gold

U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson became the first ever women's slopestyle Olympic champion on Sunday, a new category added to the Winter Games in Sochi this year.

This may have been the first Olympic gold for the 23-year-old of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., but it marks a sweep for Team USA. On Saturday, 20-year-old Sage Kotsenburg from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, won gold in the same category for men. Anderson's win brings the U.S. medal count up to three.

Olympic snowboarder and gold medalist Shaun White was scheduled to compete in the men's slopestyle competition, but he withdrew last week following a wrist injury, citing potential risk of injury. Read more...