Team Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund claims her first Olympic gold medal on Thursday.
Naeslund competed in the big final against Canada’s Marielle Thompson , Germany’s Daniela Maier and Switzerland’s Fanny Smith , to claim her first Olympic gold medal.
At the immediate completion of the final, Smith, who had finished with a bronze medal originally, was disqualified for contact after the video review, giving the third-place finish officially to Maier. Thompson’s second-place finish awarded her another Olympic medal– she earned gold at 2014 Sochi. Naeslund and Maier earned their first Olympic medals on Thursday at Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium.
In the women’s ski cross small final, Canada grabbed the top three spots of the non-medal event: Brittany Phelan, Courtney Hoffos and Hannah Schmidt, respectively. Australia’s Kennedy- Sim placed fourth in the event. Freestyle skiing returns to action with the women's freeski halfpipe final on Friday, Feb. 18 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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