South Lake Tahoe Skier Wins Gold

     Maddie Bowman, a 20 year old skier from South Lake Tahoe, made two runs on the half pipe course, performing difficult tricks flawlessly, and her score of 89.50 gave her a commanding lead to take the gold medal in this first time Olympic event.   She joins Reno resident, David Wise, to give the USA a gold medal sweep in the half pipe ski event.
     She praised the late Sarah Burke, who died after an accident on a half pipe course in 2012.  Sarah Burke was the force behind effort to include the skiers half pipe event in the Winter Olympics.
Congrats to another world class effort from a local athlete.  All Tahoe citizens are proud.