Here’s a look at Jamie Anderson, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.:
Favored to win is never that easy, especially at the Olympics. Just ask Shaun White.
Although White couldn’t ultimately deliver in Sochi, the favored
Anderson certainly did, making her last effort her best one in the
slopestyle competition.
Anderson, a Lake Tahoe product who grew up challenging anything and
everything at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort, laid down a superb run on
her final trip down the tricky and somewhat dangerous slopeside course
in Sochi, scoring a 95.25 to claim gold in the snowboarding
competition.
The eclectic Anderson definitely has a different method for staying
calm. Anderson said she had prepared for the finals by listening to
yoga tapes and lighting candles.
Anderson’s victory meant an American sweep in the slopestyle event,
which was making its Olympic debut. U.S. snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg
won the men’s event.
“Jamie’s an awesome competitor,” said Karly Shorr, Anderson’s U.S.
teammate, who finished 6th. “She does whatever she has to win. She
never cracks under pressure. She uses it. She lands.”
For Anderson, the dream is now reality.
“I think most of us have been thinking about this for a few years,”
Anderson said. “To just have that moment come so quick and really
knowing this is your moment, you just want to shine and do your best
and show the world what a fun sport snowboarding is.”
