Chloe Kim, Marcel Hirscher claim gold on eventful day

PYEONGCHANG, Feb 13 (AFP): American teenager Chloe Kim and Austrian ski ace Marcel Hirscher triumphantly lit up the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Tuesday as the Games were hit by their first doping scandal.
Seventeen-year-old Kim snatched a stunning gold medal in the women's halfpipe snowboarding, while Hirscher's long hunt for an Olympic title finally ended.
In the first doping case of the 2018 Games, 21-year-old short-track speed skater Kei Saito became the only Japanese ever to test positive at a Winter Olympics.
Austrian star Hirscher bagged an emotional Olympic gold at the age of 28 when he produced a brilliant slalom run to storm to a victory in the men's alpine combined.
Hirscher has been the outstanding skier in his speciality for years with 55 career World Cup wins.
But one prize had always eluded him -- an Olympic gold medal. His previous best was a slalom silver from Sochi four years ago.
For Chloe Kim, her debut Olympics turned golden as she romped to snowboarding halfpipe victory.