China's Xu Mengtao was a class apart as she became the first freestyle skier to claim back to back Olympic aerials gold medals on Wednesday. Xu, 35, finished strongly with a tally of 112.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The two best bets to win the gold medal in women's halfpipe skiing at the Winter Olympics were born in the United States. Zoe Atkin competes for Britain and hardly anyone raises a fuss about it.
China's Xu Mengtao claimed the second Olympic gold of her career after landing a clean back full-full-full, one of the most difficult tricks in women's aerials.
Wang Xindi won the freestyle skiing men's aerials at the Winter Olympics on Friday (February 20), strengthening China's dominance in the discipline and bringing another gold medal into the family.
Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.
The 22-year-old Olympian has made headlines throughout the Winter Games, whether it's celebrating her performance on the slopes, highlighting her hefty paychecks, criticizing her allegiance to China
Team USA's Alysa Liu won figure skating gold plus more speedskating medals were award at the Milan Cortina Games
The child actor-turned-snowboard prodigy won gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle, while Team USA's Jake Canter took bronze.