British Snowsports History - First Olympic Medal
British Snowsports History - First Olympic Medal
Published : 09-Feb-2014 10:34
British wintersports history has been made with Jenny Jones taking the bronze medal in the new event of snowboard slopestyle.
Jenny qualified 3rd in the semi finals earlier this morning, progressing her through to finals.
During finals, Jenny scored an outstanding 87.25 in her second run, but due to starting second, Jenny and the crowd were left with an agonising wait for the final 10 riders for her place in history to be secured. Jenny, the Queen of British snowboarding has won the first Snowboard Olympic medal for Great Britain, and has become the first ever British female to win an Olympic medal on snow.
The BBC reported that Jones' parents had arrived secretly in Sochi to watch her compete.
It's the first medal for snowsports for Great Britain, since Alain Baxter's bronze in the slalom at Salt Lake City which was controversially taken from him.
Australia's Torah Bright who has made history by entering three boarding events at Sochi was out of the medals.
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