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Tracking the locals: Tahoe's Jamie Anderson captures gold in slopestyle

Eight Reno/Tahoe athletes are competing in this month's Winter Olympics. Bookmark this page to get updates on how the local Olympians are performing in Korea. So far, Reno/Tahoe has accounted for one medal, a gold from Jamie Anderson in snowboarding slopestyle.

Jamie Anderson

Event: Snowboarding slopestyle/big air

Local link: Lives in South Lake Tahoe

Competition dates: Feb. 11 (slopestyle); Feb 19, 23 (big air)

Results: Anderson defended her slopestyle gold medal despite poor conditions. Anderson scored a 83 on her first run, which was strong enough to hold up as the competition was sliced from three runs per competitor to two because of inclement weather.