Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding

Halfpipe Men:

1. Ross Powers (USA)
2. Danny Kass (USA)
3. Jarret Thomas (USA)

The first time the Americans have swept a Winter Olympic event since the men's figure skaters did it in 1956. Powers, with a score of 46.1, dominated the competition. Kass and Thomas, in contrast, with scores of 42.5 and 42.1, barely beat Giacomo Kratter's score of 42.0. A crowd of about 16,500 watched.

Powers got a vertical of about 18 feet, and performed two McTwists, a cab 720 with an indy grab, a frontside 720 with an indy grab and a stalefish grab.

Halfpipe Dreams: A U.S. Sweep, The New York Times, February 12, 2002

Parallel Giant Slalom Men:

1. Philipp Schoch (SUI)
2. Richard Richardsson (SWE)
3. Chris Klug (USA)

Schoch's qualification for the last 16 was already remarkable, but is title is even more so. Chris Klug had a liver transplantation 2 years prior.

Halfpipe Women:

1. Kelly Clark (USA)
2. Doriane Vidal (FRA)
3. Fabienne Reuteler (SUI)

Parallel Giant Slalom Women:

1. Isabelle Blanc (FRA)
2. Karine Ruby (FRA)
3. Lidia Trettel (ITA)

Blanc edges her compatriot Ruby, the favourite for the gold medal.