Blouin showed her mettle in the women’s slopestyle Monday and came away with an Olympic silver medal for her efforts. Canada's Laurie Blouin overcame the high winds Monday to nail a clean second run for 76.33 points. “Picture holding an umbrella in the wind and that’s your snowboard.” O’Brien felt the weather was worse Monday than it was a day earlier when the qualifier was cancelled. The wind forced Blouin to hold back a half-rotation at the end and it proved to be a smart call. Max Parrot of Bromont, Que., won silver and Regina’s Mark McMorris took the bronze in the men’s event Sunday.

Source: thestar February 12, 2018 04:41 UTC