The United States begins a victorious course at the 2018 Olympics

11 February 2018, 13:54 | Sports 
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This time, the best on snowboards were athletes from the United States, and not Norway, which was represented by four athletes. The result of 87.16 points was demonstrated by the US snobordist Redmond Gerard.

Canadian athlete Max Parrott won the silver medal with a score of 86 points,. His colleague in the workshop of Canadian Mark McMorris with a score of 85 points took the bronze award. It is noteworthy that the Americans also set a new Olympic record - Gerard became the youngest winner in slopestyle. The guy at the moment is only 17 years old.

At the Olympics, the American team is inferior in number only to the hosts of the competition - 242 athletes against 1,444, who take part in all 15 disciplines. In second place Canada - in the tournament it is represented by 226 sportsmen.

As reported in "Ura-Inform", earlier short-track player Lim Hyo Zhong brought South Korea the first gold medal in the national team's asset at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Источник: УРА-Информ