PHOTOS: Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe finals at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
February 12, 2014
Gold medalist American Kaitlyn Farrington makes a nose grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6221 )
American Kelly Clark makes a grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6162 )
American gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington (back facing) hugs bronze medalist American Kelly Clark after a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6469 )
France's Sophie Rodriguez makes her second run during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7909 )
France's Sophie Rodriguez makes her second run during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7917 )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7927 )
Silver medalist Australian Torah Bright rides under the lights during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__2AO3541 )
American Hannah Teter makes a grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6069 )
France's Sophie Rodriguez makes a grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6097 )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6200 )
American Hannah Teter makes her second run during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6297 )
American Hannah Teter makes her second run during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6322 )
Australia's Torah Bright makes a grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6342 )
Silver medalist Torah Bright of Australia hugs American gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6400 )
Torah Bright of Australia in action during the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe qualification at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
United States' Kaitlyn Farrington competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Rana Okada of Japan in action during the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinal at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/SERGEY ILNITSKY ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Czech Republic's Sarka Pancochova competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 526980231 )
United States' Kelly Clark competes on her way to win the bronze in the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Mirabelle Thovex of France during the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe qualification at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/PETER KLAUNZER ( epaselect RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Katie Tsuyuki of Canada competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Semifinals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468934693 )
Mirabelle Thovex of France in action during the semi final of the women's snowboard halfpipe competition at the XXII Winter Olympics 2014 Sochi in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. EPA/PETER KLAUNZER ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Jiayu Liu of China in action during the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe semi finals at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JENS BUETTNER ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Ursina Haller of Switzerland in action during the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe semi finals at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 12 February 2014. EPA/JENS BUETTNER ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
China's Cai Xuetong competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
United States' Kaitlyn Farrington competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
United States' Kaitlyn Farrington competes on her way to win the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Kaitlyn Farrington of the United States competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Semifinals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 468939877 )
Torah Bright of Australia competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Qualification Heats on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468921691 )
Stephanie Magiros of Australia competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Semifinals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468934863 )
Mirabelle Thovex of France crashes out in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Semifinals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468943443 )
Li Shuang of China competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Semifinals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468943337 )
Kelly Clark of the United States practices ahead of the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468953085 )
Ursina Haller of Switzerland competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468959129 )
Kelly Clark of the United States practices ahead of the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468953197 )
Rana Okada of Japan competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468958839 )
China's Cai Xuetong competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Li Shuang of China competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468959197 )
Rana Okada of Japan competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468966833 )
Jiayu Liu of China competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 468967009 )
Rana Okada of Japan reacts in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 468966953 )
Xuetong Cai of China competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 468967039 )
Mirabelle Thovex of France competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468967535 )
Li Shuang of China competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468968429 )
United States' Kaitlyn Farrington competes on her way to win the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Australia's Torah Bright competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
United States' Kaitlyn Farrington competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Kaitlyn Farrington of the United States competes in the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Semifinals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468943141 )
France's Sophie Rodriguez competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
France's Mirabelle Thovex crashes the women's snowboard halfpipe semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Switzerland's Ursina Haller falls in the women's snowboard halfpipe semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Australia's Torah Bright competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
Czech Republic's Sarka Pancochova competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images ( 526977338 )
Australia's Stephanie Magiros competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images ( 526977237 )
US Kaitlyn Farrington competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 526978543 )
Canada's Katie Tsuyuki competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 526978573 )
US Kaitlyn Farrington competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 526979214 )
France's Mirabelle Thovex competes in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images ( 526979883 )
United States' Kelly Clark falls in her first run during the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Sochi Olympics Snowboard Women )
France's Clemence Grimal falls while competing in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Semifinals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 526980275 )
Bronze medalist Kelly Clark of the United States and silver medalist Torah Bright of Australia celebrate after the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 468975099 )
Silver medalist Torah Bright of Australia celebrates during the flower ceremony for the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468974963 )
Bronze Kelly Clark of the United States celebrates during the flower ceremony for the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468975013 )
Gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington of the United States celebrates during the flower ceremony for the Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Finals on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) ( 468974937 )
American gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington celebrates as silver medalist Australian Torah Bright (left) and bronze medalist American Kelly Clark look on after women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7939 )
American gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington celebrates with silver medalist Australian Torah Bright (left) and bronze medalist American Kelly Clark look on after women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7974 )
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