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U.S. wins first gold medal of 2014 Sochi Olympics

U.S. wins first gold medal of 2014 Sochi Olympics

Baku, February 8 (AzerTAC). American snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg captured the United States` first gold medal of the 2014 Sochi Games on Saturday, winning the inaugural slopestyle event that organizers hope will attract a new generation of fans to the Olympics.

Kotsenburg, a laid-back 20-year-old from Utah, scored of 93.50 from a panel of judges, and was joined on the first ever Olympic men`s slopestyle podium by Staale Sandbech of Norway (91.75) and Mark McMorris of Canada (88.75).

“It feels awesome,” said Kotsenburg. “I don`t know what to call it. I have no idea what`s actually going on. This is the craziest thing that ever happened.”

Slopestyle snowboarding, where competitors slide on rails and fly off enormous snow ramps to execute dizzying aerial maneuvers, has been a mainstay of ESPN`s Winter X Games for more than a decade. The International Olympic Committee hopes to capitalize on its appeal among younger television audiences. The women`s slopestyle event is scheduled for Sunday.

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