The USA’ first gold medal on the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was received by a youngster born in 2000.
Purple Gerard, 17, received gold Saturday within the males’s snowboard slopestyle occasion with a ultimate rating of 87.16.
This run was golden! 17-year-old Purple Gerard gave Crew USA its first gold medal of 2018. #WinterOlympics #BestOfUS https://t.co/a8E2Sv9O2T pic.twitter.com/XZZk0PCVqm
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 11, 2018
He’s the youngest American ever to medal in snowboarding and among the many youngest U.S.-born athletes to win Olympic gold.
17-year-old Purple Gerard is the second-youngest American man to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, and the youngest since 1928 (16-year-old Billy Fiske in Bobsled).#PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/ewdsertIkZ
— ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 11, 2018
Gerard’s victory is the primary in what Crew USA expects to be a really profitable Olympics on the slopes, each in snowboarding and snowboarding occasions.
