BEIJING — Austria’s Anna Gasser
won a dramatic snowboard Big Air gold on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics,
snatching the lead with her third and final run.
Gasser grabbed the lead
from Zoi Sadowski Synnott and when the New Zealander fell in the last run of
the competition, gold was Gasser’s — successfully defending her title from four
years ago.
Gasser topped the final standings
with a score of 185.50, with Sadowski Synnott second on 177. Bronze went to
Kokomo Murase.
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BEIJING — Austria’s Anna Gasser
won a dramatic snowboard Big Air gold on Tuesday at the
Beijing Olympics,
snatching the lead with her third and final run.
Gasser grabbed the lead
from
Zoi Sadowski Synnott and when the New Zealander fell in the last run of
the competition, gold was Gasser’s — successfully defending her title from four
years ago.
Gasser topped the final standings
with a score of 185.50, with Sadowski Synnott second on 177. Bronze went to
Kokomo Murase.
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