Olympics Day 2: PyeongChang awards the first medals of the Games
Sage Kotsenburg
American Sage Kotsenburg won gold in the event at the Sochi Games in 2014. We brought him into the âOlympics Cornerâ today for his thoughts on how to watch. Keep scrolling to read that Q&A.
Throughout the Games  weâll occasionally bring someone in to help us better understand the Olympics. Today:  Sage Kotsenburg .
Four years ago in Sochi   Sage Kotsenburg  shocked the snowboarding world by winning slopestyle gold.  He  followed that up with what President Barack Obama told  him  was the âchillestâ interview of the Olympics.  Kotsenburg  has since stopped competing  so  he  wonât be in PyeongChang. But The Post caught up with  him  by phone during a recent film shoot in Italy to get  his  thoughts on this yearâs slopestyle event (8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday on NBCSN).
A: Three people that I would look for are an American kid  Red Gerard.  He âs absolutely crushing it right now. This course  when I saw it  I immediately thought Red can really do well here. I wouldnât be surprised to see  him  on the podium  if not up in the top five.
And then Mark McMorris  who got bronze last time around.  He  came back from a really  really bad injury  so Iâd like to see  him  do good  too. Weâve been good friends for a long time.  He âs crushing it  too.  He âs doing a really  really  really good job right now. Iâd like to see  him  up there.
Iâll give a prediction for gold: Itâs going to be Marcus Kleveland.  He âs from Norway.  He  has pretty much anything you want in a slopestyle course and more. So  if  he  puts down  his  run   he âll probably win or silver  Iâd guess.
American  [TGT]  won gold in the event at the Sochi Games in 2014. We brought him into the âOlympics Cornerâ today for his thoughts on how to watch. Keep scrolling to read that Q&A.
Throughout the Games  weâll occasionally bring someone in to help us better understand the Olympics. Today:   [TGT]  .
Four years ago in Sochi    [TGT]   shocked the snowboarding world by winning slopestyle gold.  He  followed that up with what President Barack Obama told  him  was the âchillestâ interview of the Olympics.  Kotsenburg  has since stopped competing  so  he  wonât be in PyeongChang. But The Post caught up with  him  by phone during a recent film shoot in Italy to get  his  thoughts on this yearâs slopestyle event (8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday on NBCSN).
A: Three people that I would look for are an American kid  Red Gerard.  He âs absolutely crushing it right now. This course  when I saw it  I immediately thought Red can really do well here. I wouldnât be surprised to see  him  on the podium  if not up in the top five.
And then Mark McMorris  who got bronze last time around.  He  came back from a really  really bad injury  so Iâd like to see  him  do good  too. Weâve been good friends for a long time.  He âs crushing it  too.  He âs doing a really  really  really good job right now. Iâd like to see  him  up there.
Iâll give a prediction for gold: Itâs going to be Marcus Kleveland.  He âs from Norway.  He  has pretty much anything you want in a slopestyle course and more. So  if  he  puts down  his  run   he âll probably win or silver  Iâd guess.