CP NewsAlert: Snowboarder Blouin comes back from injury to win Olympic silver
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Canadian snowboarder Laurie Blouin has won a silver medal in the women’s slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Sporting a black eye after a nasty crash in training a few days ago, Blouin overcame high winds to nail a clean second run for 76.33 points.
The reigning world champion from Stoneham, Que., Blouin was second behind American Jamie Anderson, who scored 83.00 on her first run.
Enni Rukajarvi of Finland took bronze with a score of 73.91.