The 2016 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. have reached the end of Day 2, with 13-year-old Kelly Sildaru becoming the youngest woman to ever win a gold medal at the games.
2016 Winter X Games results: 13-year-old Kelly Sildaru becomes youngest woman to win gold
Sildaru won the Women’s Ski Slopestyle in her first ever X Games.
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Sildaru scored a 93.00 on her first run in the Women’s Ski Slopestyle, beating out silver medal-winning Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen’s 91.66 run and bronze medal-winning Johanne Killi’s 85.66 run. Sildaru, from Estonia, was starting in her first X Games.
13-year-old Kelly Sildaru is the youngest female to earn an #XGames gold medal! pic.twitter.com/fvGl91Xj5b
— X Games (@XGames) January 29, 2016
Sildaru, of course, had to celebrate her win just a little.
When you win #XGames gold at 13 years old... pic.twitter.com/xIgzX2x4XE
— X Games (@XGames) January 29, 2016
Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle
Spencer O’Brien earned her first ever X Games gold medal with a run of 91.00 on Friday. Jamie Anderson was the silver medalist and Hailey Langland earned the bronze medal.
"Ever since I was a little girl, #XGames gold was all I wanted."-Spencer O'Brien pic.twitter.com/dqTrZhmBw0
— X Games (@XGames) January 29, 2016
Snowmobile Freestyle Final
Joe Parsons earned his fourth X Games gold medal by performing this feat of athleticism on a snowmobile.
Joe Parsons just blew our minds! #XGames pic.twitter.com/kk2fuENMMc
— X Games (@XGames) January 30, 2016
The 28-year-old Parsons from the state of Washington now has 15 total medals in his X Games career. The silver and bronze medalists in the Snowmobile Freestyle Final were Heath Frisby and Brett Turcotte, respectively.
Qualifying events
All the other qualifying times, including the Men’s Skier X, can be found here.
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