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Mary Clarke

Snowboarder Julia Marino wins Team USA’s first medal of Beijing Olympics with surprise slopestyle silver

The United States has its first medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing thanks to Julia Marino!

On Saturday evening in the United States (Sunday in Beijing), Marino was one of two Team USA competitors looking to win gold in the final of the women’s slopestyle event in snowboarding. Alongside Marino was the reigning gold medalist from the United States in the event, Jamie Anderson, who was looking to defend her title from 2018.

While Anderson missed the podium, Marino surprised big time for Team USA, putting down a score of 87.68 in her second run of three. For awhile, Marino was sitting in the gold medal spot, until Zoi Sadowski-Synnott’s final run of the day won New Zealand its first ever gold medal in the Winter Olympics, giving Marino the silver.

Here’s Marino’s silver-winning run from the women’s slopestyle event.

What a performance! Seriously, what a run from Marino, who combined some major tricks and jumps to win the silver as Team USA’s first medal in Beijing.

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