Jamie Anderson Of U.S. Wins Gold Medal Again In Winter Olympics Slopestyle
Jamie Anderson
The athletes did not fly through the air with the greatest of ease during the wind-whipped womenâs slopestyle at the Winter Olympics on Monday. But  reigning Olympic champion Jamie Anderson  tamed the conditions enough to win the gold medal in Pyeongchang  South Korea â defending the gold  she  won four years ago in the same event.
 She  became the first female snowboarder to win multiple golds and notched the second gold for the United States at this yearâs games.
Mother Nature couldn't stop a force of nature.  Jamie Anderson  won gold for Team USA in women's slopestyle. #BestOfUS #WinterOlympics https://t.co/E1XuTKthTN pic.twitter.com/zUSS5G2wpf â NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 12  2018
âIâm feeling so happy â  Anderson  said  per the Olympicsâ news service. âIâve gone through so much this last year just preparing for the Games and defending the gold is definitely not an easy position to be in. â
Sergei Bobylev via Getty Images Jamie Anderson  celebrates  her  victory Monday.
But the conditions remained dangerous. After a 75-minute delay   Anderson  and the rest of the field went to work. Much of the field struggled mightily against the elements  but  Anderson  managed to record an 83 on  her  first run to take the lead  and that score held up.
The athletes did not fly through the air with the greatest of ease during the wind-whipped womenâs slopestyle at the Winter Olympics on Monday. But  reigning Olympic champion Jamie Anderson  tamed the conditions enough to win the gold medal in Pyeongchang  South Korea â defending the gold  she  won four years ago in the same event.
 She  became the first female snowboarder to win multiple golds and notched the second gold for the United States at this yearâs games.
Mother Nature couldn't stop a force of nature.   [TGT] won gold for Team USA in women's slopestyle. #BestOfUS #WinterOlympics https://t.co/E1XuTKthTN pic.twitter.com/zUSS5G2wpf â NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 12  2018
âIâm feeling so happy â   [TGT] said  per the Olympicsâ news service. âIâve gone through so much this last year just preparing for the Games and defending the gold is definitely not an easy position to be in. â
 [TGT] celebrates   [TGT]   victory Monday.
But the conditions remained dangerous. After a 75-minute delay    [TGT] and the rest of the field went to work. Much of the field struggled mightily against the elements  but   [TGT] managed to record an 83 on   [TGT]   first run to take the lead  and that score held up.