{"id":211,"date":"2014-02-08T09:14:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/?p=211"},"modified":"2014-02-08T10:38:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T15:38:45","slug":"sage-kotsenburg-of-us-wins-first-olympic-medal-mens-slopestyle-snowboarding-full-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/2014\/02\/08\/sage-kotsenburg-of-us-wins-first-olympic-medal-mens-slopestyle-snowboarding-full-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Kotsenburg of US wins first Olympic medal, men&#8217;s slopestyle snowboarding full results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-212\" alt=\"sagekotsenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/sagekotsenburg.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/sagekotsenburg.jpg 534w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/sagekotsenburg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><br \/>\nAmerican Sage Kotsenburg won the first gold of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday in men&#8217;s slopestyle snowboarding.<\/p>\n<p>Kotsenburg was not heavily expected to win but did so by pulling off a move he had not practiced titled &#8220;Back 16 Japan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ended up landing it, and winning with it,&#8221; Kotsenburg said, laughing. The trick is four and a half backwards spins (1620 degrees of rotation), while grabbing the backside of his board (Japan).<\/p>\n<p>Kotsenburg&#8217;s score of 93.50 in the first round stood up until the end.<\/p>\n<p>Of course not everyone was happy as some questioned the judging process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just don&#8217;t know what the judges wanted to see on the course today,&#8221; said Canadian Max Parrot, who finished fifth with a score of 87.25.<\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s Slopestyle Final Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Place<\/td>\n<td>Name<\/td>\n<td>Country<\/td>\n<td>Score<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Sage Kotsenburg<\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td>93.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Staale Sandbech<\/td>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>91.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Mark McMorris<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>88.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Sven Thorgren<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>87.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Maxence Parrot<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>87.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Jamie Nicholls<\/td>\n<td>Great Britain<\/td>\n<td>85.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Peetu Piiroinen<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>81.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Yuki Kadono<\/td>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<td>75.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Sebastien Toutant<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>58.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Billy Morgan<\/td>\n<td>Great Britain<\/td>\n<td>39.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Roope Tonteri<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>39.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Gjermund Braaten<\/td>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>24.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Via NBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Sage Kotsenburg won the first gold of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday in men&#8217;s slopestyle snowboarding. Kotsenburg was not heavily expected to win but did so by pulling off a move he had not practiced titled &#8220;Back 16 Japan.&#8221; &#8220;I ended up landing it, and winning with it,&#8221; Kotsenburg said, laughing. 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