Photos: USA’s Kotsenburg Wins First Gold of Olympics
February 8, 2014
USA's Sage Kotsenburg, center celebrates his gold medal performance during a flower ceremony, with silver medalist Norway's Staale Sandbech and bronze medalist Canada's Mark McMorris after the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg, center celebrates his gold medal performance with silver medalist Norway's Staale Sandbech after the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg performs during his first run during the semifinals of Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Sweden's Lucien Koch during the semifinals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg celebrates after completing his first run during the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. He would score 93.50 on this run which would win him the gold medal. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Finland's Peetu Piiroinen comes to a stop after his first run during the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Sweden's Lucien Koch can't make a landing during the semifinals of Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
A worker smooths out a jump before the finals of Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg performs his final jump on his first run during the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. He would score 93.50 on this run which would win him the gold medal. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg performs during his second run during the semifinals of Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg during the semifinals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Canada's Maxence Parrot can't stick a landing during his first run of the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Japan's Yuki Kadono performs his second run during the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Japan's Yuki Kadono reacts to his final run for the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Switzerland's Jan Scherrer during the semifinals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg performs during his second run during the semifinals of Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg walks off the course after scoring a 93.50 off of his first run during the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg celebrates after completing his first run during the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. He would score 93.50 on this run which would win him the gold medal. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
USA's Sage Kotsenburg, center celebrates his gold medal performance during a flower ceremony, with silver medalist Norway's Staale Sandbech and bronze medalist Canada's Mark McMorris after the finals for the Men's Slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
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