France's Vaultier Wins Snowboard Cross Olympic Gold

France's Pierre Vaultier has won gold in the men's snowboardcross at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Russia's Nikolay Olyunin won silver and American Alex Deibold won bronze in Tuesday's event, which was postponed from Monday because of heavy fog. Slovenia's Tina Maze led the women's giant slalom after the first of two runs Tuesday, as she tries to win her second gold medal at this year's games. Austria's Anna Fenninger, already a gold medal-winner...

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