China Skaters Golden on the Track; American Sweep in Slopestyle

China got on the medal board Thursday with its first two gold medals of the Sochi Olympics. Short track speedskater Li Jianrou won the women's 500-meter race, beating out Italy's Ariana Fontana and South Korea's Park Sueng-Hi. Later, in the women's 1000-meter speed skating event, China's Zhang Hong beat out two Dutch skaters for the top spot. In skiing, American freestyle skiers dominated the first-ever slopestyle competition at the Olympics, sweeping the top three spots....

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