Torino -- women's halfpipe

Hannah Teter won gold and Gretchen Bleiler won silver, both from the United States.

Teter was amazing. brimming with confidence the whole time.

"I just kind of felt the same standing up there," she said of the moment before her final run. "It's like, 'Here we go again, another run on the pipe — but at the Olympics.' I just felt super positive."

but my favorite was Kjersti Buaas from Norway.
she's absolutely fantastic!!! brilliant! amazing! god, i was bursting into tears....

too bad Japan didn't even come close to winning the medals....

ganbare, nippon!