{"id":337717,"date":"2010-02-19T00:03:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T05:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/?p=31449"},"modified":"2010-02-19T00:03:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T05:03:24","slug":"australia-adds-gold-to-silver-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/337717","title":{"rendered":"Australia Adds Gold To Silver In Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"10\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"float:right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=Torah+Bright&amp;iid=8003427\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/2\/9\/9\/d\/Snowboard_Ladies_Halfpipe_7266.jpg?adImageId=10475691&amp;imageId=8003427\" width=\"380\" height=\"570\" border=0  \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:left;height:0px;overflow: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Australia&#8217;s Torah Bright reacts as her score goes up in the Final, placing her in the Gold Medal position.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>TORAH TORAH TORAH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist adding that heading!<\/p>\n<p>Torah Bright did today what the cream of sports people can only find a way to do. Put it all on the line and then deliver. She achieved the pinnacle for all Olympians, the Gold Medal, in her chosen Sport, the Women&#8217;s Half Pipe Snowboarding Event.<\/p>\n<p>The best scoring run of her early two runs put here straight into the 12 girl final, the six girls with the highest scoring runs progressing through, with six other coming from the semi final.<\/p>\n<p>There was some minor concern for Australia&#8217;s other athlete in the same event, Holly Crawford. Although not really as favoured as some of the others, Holly put in an excellent run, but just missed out by one place on direct progress to the Final, when she finished in seventh place, and had to go through the semi final. She put in the best scoring run in that semi and progressed to the final.<\/p>\n<p>On her first run, Torah Bright slipped and fell during the run, as did most of the other girls, not out of\u00a0 lack of ability, but because at this level, the tricks you need to do put you at the very edge of the envelope, and even the slightest error in timing can lead to absolute disaster.<\/p>\n<p>In that Final, the other young Australian girl, Holly Crawford then put in an excellent run, placing her as the 6th highest scorer. On the second runs, two others scored higher than she did so Holly eventually finished in 8th place, an excellent result.<\/p>\n<p>On her second run, the last chance she had, Torah Bright then laid it all on the line, did all her tricks, and nailed them all. Then she just had to wait while the other girls had their chance. None could beat the score Torah put on the board. Two American girls, Hannah Teter, and Kelly Clark won the Silver and Bronze.<\/p>\n<p>This Gold now adds to the Silver already secured by Dale Begg-Smith in the Men&#8217;s Moguls.<\/p>\n<p>For a Country that achieves well above its weight in all World Sport, this success at Winter Sports not even seen in Australia in availability to the general public, is quite an achievement indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/category\/countries\/australia\/'>Australia<\/a> Tagged: <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/tag\/2010-vancouver-winter-olympic-games\/'>2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/tag\/torah-bright\/'>Torah Bright<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/tag\/winter-olympic-games\/'>Winter Olympic Games<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/tag\/womens-half-pipe-snowboarding\/'>Women&#8217;s Half Pipe Snowboarding<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/papundits.wordpress.com\/31449\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=papundits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=174708&#038;post=31449&#038;subd=papundits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s Torah Bright reacts as her score goes up in the Final, placing her in the Gold Medal position. 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