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Maddie Bowman of the United States became the first Olympic champion in women's halfpipe freestyle skiing today, posting a final run score of 89.00 to top the competition.
Marie Martinod of France earned a silver medal, and Ayana Onozuka of Japan rounded out the podium with the bronze Ref. CNN
OLYMPIC RESULT: Canada used its speed and strength to defeat the United States 1-0 in their Olympic semifinal grudge match today.
The game was a rematch of the gold-medal final four years when Sidney Crosby scored the overtime goal for Canada to beat its southern neighbor.
Canada will play in Sunday's game for the gold against unblemished Sweden, which defeated rival Finland 2-1 earlier today. Ref. CNN
U.S. Men's hockey team loses to Finland in bronze-medal game
Team USA fell to Finland 5-0 on Saturday and will leave Sochi without a medal. It's a disappointing end to the tournament for the Americans, who started 4-0 but were shut out in their last two games. Ref. USAToday