(Image source from: USA claims first gold in Sochi Olympics})
The Sochi Winter Games flagged off to a ceremonious start for the USA at least, with snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg claiming the first gold medal in the Winter Olympics today.
He won the men's snowboard slopestyle event at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
"Kotsenburg only qualified for the final in Saturday morning's second chance semi-finals and following Thursday's heats had criticised the judges' scoring after he failed to earn a direct route into the final. But his first run scored 93.50 and although some of his rivals put in high scores on their second runs, the 20-year-old held on for victory," reports TOI.
AW: Suchorita Choudhury
