Chloe Kim, Marcel Hirscher claim gold on eventful day

FE Team | Published: February 13, 2018 22:30:20

USA's gold medallist Chloe Kim poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the snowboard women's Halfpipe at the Pyeongchang Medals Plaza during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang on Tuesday. — AFP

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.