Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe wins gold again at X Games
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/25/2020 - 7:31pm
South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson has never missed a podium in the past 14 years of competing in the X Games, and this year is no different.
The 29-year-old queen of slopestyle took the gold on Saturday in Women's Snowboard Slopestyle at X Games Aspen 2020, giving her a 16th medal, the most for a woman in the history of X Games winter or summer events. Seven of those are gold and five silver.
Top 4 in the event on January 25:
Jamie Anderson
Laurie Blouin
Kokomo Murase
Hailey Langland
Anderson, who grew up on the slopes of Sierra-at-Tahoe is a three-time Olympic medalist, winning gold in slopestyle at both the Sochi and Pyeongchang games.
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