American freestyle skier Alex Hall won his first Olympic gold medal Wednesday in Beijing during the men's freeski slopestyle event.
In his first run, the 23-year-old scored 90.1, and none of his competitors were able to top that. During his first jump, he landed a double cork 1620, flipping nearly five times during two off-axis flips.
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