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Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf won gold and silver for Team USA in women’s freestyle mogul skiing at the Winter Olympic Games On Wednesday.

Lemley won the eight-skier final with a score of 82.30 points. The 20-year-old from Vail, Colorado, will make her Olympic debut at the Milan Cortina Games.

During the medal ceremony, Lemley’s gold fell off its ribbon, a affair which organizers have acknowledged has been happening to a “limited number” of medalists. At a later press conference, Lemley showed off his repaired medal.

Kauf repeated as silver medalist with a score of 80.77. The 29-year-old from Alta, Wyoming, also won silver in 2022 in Beijing.

Both of Kauf’s parents were professional ski moguls.

“My mother has always been my biggest hero and role model, just watching her go through life and do what she did, pushing the boundaries,” he said. told News themezone before the Games.

Perrine Laffont of France, the 2018 gold medalist, took bronze in Wednesday’s final.

Defending champion Jakara Anthony of Australia finished eighth after slipping in the final race of the final.