Great Clips of the Week: US snowboarder wins 2nd Olympic gold with incredible run


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AT THE GAMES — Happy First Monday of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

We promise that’s a holiday, and we’ll even write a note to your boss to let you take off work.

If you aren’t part of the lucky few who can take Monday off, however, NBC is live streaming every Olympic event for you to watch in a (hopefully hidden) browser while you “work.”

In the meantime, here are some of our favorite moments from the weekend in Pyeongchang.

Jamie Anderson goes for gold — twice

U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson has done something no other woman in the world can claim — win two Olympic snowboarding gold medals.

The defending snowboard slopestyle gold medalist was fantastic, pinning an 83.00 on her first run of the finals Sunday to win back-to-back gold medals in Sochi and Pyeongchang.

Anderson’s run, which consisted of a backside 540, a cab underflip and frontside 720, came after a 70-minute weather delay on the final day of the event. The finals were condensed into a maximum of two runs for each rider because the first day of the event was postponed entirely due to high winds. That advanced every rider to the finals — and Anderson outlasted them all.

Here’s her gold medal-winning run:

“Mother nature could not hold her back … Jamie Anderson is golden once again,” NBC analyst Todd Harris said in a call that will likely be remembered for years.

Anderson is the third American woman to win gold at back-to-back Olympics in any sport.

History on the ice

More history was made Sunday when U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu returned to Olympic ice for the first time in eight years.

Nagasu’s routine during the team competition included the first successful triple axel by an American woman in Olympic history, and the first American woman to land the prestigious move in international competition since Tonya Harding at the 1991 World Championships.

Nagasu finished with a personal-best score of 137.53, helping the U.S. figure skating team to a bronze-medal finish behind Canada and the Olympic Athletes from Russia.

Mirai Nagasu of the United States celebrates after her performance in the ladies single skating free skating in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo, Bernat Armangue)
Mirai Nagasu of the United States celebrates after her performance in the ladies single skating free skating in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo, Bernat Armangue)

Adam Rippon’s wardrobe is 🔥 🔥 🔥

Another big boost to the Americans’ team figure skating hopes came in the form of Adam Rippon, the 28-year-old native of Scranton, Pennsylvania who has brought as much excitement for his routines as his indefatigable wardrobe.

Rippon has dazzled with his routines, but also his outfits, which included a shimmering number during his team skate program Sunday. He describes his fashion as evolving from “straight-boy shiek” to “euro fun.”

Watch him describe his costuming — both on and off the ice — in this report from USA Today.

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