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The Latest: Switzerland's Hoefflin wins women's slopestyle

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

2:45 p.m.

Switzerland's Sarah Hoefflin is the Olympic champion in women's slopestyle skiing.

The 27-year-old put together an electric final run down the demanding course at Phoenix Snow Park on Saturday, posting a score of 91.20 to edge teammate Mathilde Gremaud for gold. Gremaud scored 88.00 on the first of her three runs in the finals but couldn't top Hoefflin.

Hoefflin is a latecomer to freestyle skiing. She didn't get serious about the sport until her early 20s after she failed to get into medical school.