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Snowboarding

The halfpipe is a U-shaped course dug into a snow-covered hill. Each finalist makes two runs, with the higher score determining their final standing. The parallel giant slalom, introduced in 2002, is a bracketed tournament competition with snowboarders competing against each other in two-race heats on separate slalom courses.

Medal breakdown (4 events): Five medals—United States (2-1-2); Three—France (1-2-0); Two—Switzerland (1-0-1); One—Sweden (0-1-0) and Italy (0-0-1).

Men

Halfpipe

Score refers to the boarders' highest after the two runs.

		Score
1	Ross Powers, USA	46.1
2	Danny Kass, USA	42.5
3	Jarret Thomas, USA	42.1

Other top 10 USA: 6th, Tommy Czeschin (40.6).

Parallel Giant Slalom

1	Philipp Schoch, SWI
2	Richard Richardsson, SWE
3	Chris Klug, USA

Note: BIG FINAL (gold medal)—Schoch def. Richardsson (+0.24, DSQ); SMALL FINAL (bronze medal)—Klug def. Nicolas Huet, FRA (-0.15, -1.21) -1.36.

Next best USA: No other American qualified for the elimination round.

Women

Halfpipe

Score refers to the boarders' highest after the two runs.

		Score
1	Kelly Clark, USA	47.9
2	Doriane Vidal, FRA	43.0
3	Fabienne Reuteler, SWI	39.7

Other Top 10 USA: 5th, Shannon Dunn-Downing (37.2); 6th, Tricia Byrnes (36.4).

Parallel Giant Slalom

1	Isabelle Blanc, FRA
2	Karine Ruby, FRA
3	Lidia Trettel, ITA

Note: BIG FINAL (gold medal)—Blanc def. Ruby (-1.89, +0.15) -1.74; SMALL FINAL (bronze medal)—Trettel def. Jagna Marczulajtis, POL (+0.17, DSQ).

Best USA: Lisa Koglow def. Aasa Windahl, SWE, in the first elimination round and lost to Ruby, FRA, in the quarterfinal round.

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Snowboarding

Men

Halfpipe

Parallel Giant Slalom

Women

Halfpipe

Parallel Giant Slalom

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