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USA's Sage Kotsenburg wins gold
The kid they call "second-run Sage" didn't waste time putting down the run of his life. Sage Kotsenburg tamed the treacherous slopestyle course at the Extreme Park on Saturday, grabbing the first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics. And he did it with a run that left the 20-year-old American who talks like a surfer and rides like a purist momentarily stunned in disbelief. Kotsenburg's soulful first run in the finals ended with a score of 93.50 that held up over the next 30 minutes as the rest of the field's dozen riders failed to catch the laid-back Couer d'Alene, Idaho, native, who peppers his interviews with "whoas" and "gnarly" and often refers to himself as "your boy." One that's now an Olympic champion, ESPN informs.
