Jamie Anderson was the first U.S. slopestyle snowboarder to qualify for Sochi. She’s now the first slopestyle snowboarder to qualify for PyeongChang.
Anderson hopes she also repeats her Olympic result, another gold medal in February.
Anderson won the first of five PyeongChang qualifiers last February and was the top American in the third contest Saturday in Breckenridge, Colo.. She became the first of a likely four women to make the U.S. Olympic team in slopestyle/big air.
Big air is a new Olympic event, but Anderson’s signature is slope. In addition to winning its Olympic debut, she earned a medal at 12 of the last 13 X Games.