Results: Athletes push limits in the cold on X Games night two
Women’s snowboard knuckle huck and women’s ski big air continued strong
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Athletes found a way to continue progressing through the frigid temperatures in women’s snowboard knuckle huck and women’s ski big air.
Kokomo Murase of Japan came away with the gold in Women’s snowboard knuckle huck. Britain’s Mia Brookes clinched the silver and Colorado’s Lily Dhawornvej the bronze.
Flora Tabanelli won gold in women’s ski big air, making history as the first ever Italian to win an X Games gold medal in a winter event. New Hampshire’s Grace Henderson won silver and France’s Tess Ledeux won bronze.
Skyler Stark-Ragsdale can be reached at 970-429-9152 or email him at sstark-ragsdale@aspentimes.com.
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