Another day, another gold medal winning snowboarder for the US. Saturday was Sage Kotsenburg’s turn and Sunday was Jamie Anderson’s turn to jump into the spotlight.
It’s time… We made it to Sochi! pic.twitter.com/7etlWjiePf
— Jamie Anderson (@Jme_Anderson) January 31, 2014
While Kotsenburg was a major surprise, Anderson’s gold medal triumph was a bit easier to see coming. Anderson has been a dominant snowboard slopestyle competitor for the last eight years. Here is her X Games results dating back to 2006: Bronze, gold, gold, did not compete, silver, bronze, gold, gold, silver.
Only with the love and support from the most amazing family, friends, community and sponsors! So much gratitude. pic.twitter.com/v4QSITCFhq
— Jamie Anderson (@Jme_Anderson) February 9, 2014
If she wasn’t on the medal stand in Sochi it would have been a surprise. Still it needs to be said just how good Jamie Anderson is at the slopestyle course. She looked like she was on another planet compared to most of the other riders in the event. Her jumps are bigger, more difficult, and just shine compared to a lot of the other riders. She was the only one to clear the 90 point threshold twice in the competition (five runs total were over 90).
Who would have thought there’d be insane pow in sochi?! #roadtopow #olympics #powallday #givethanks pic.twitter.com/wi5PLv5GgK
— Jamie Anderson (@Jme_Anderson) February 2, 2014
The 23-year old from South Lake Tahoe, California was certainly a household name in snowboarding circles before the Olympics, but after today she’ll be much more well known wherever she goes.
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