Gold for Horgmo in Winter X Games Snowboard Big Air

Aspen, CO – Norway’s Torstein Horgmo won gold under the lights Friday in the Winter X Games big air contest in Aspen.nFrom Denver to Aspen, the big air contest moved across Colorado with riders throwing it down at Winter X Games. Horgmo landed a triple cork to post the highest total score of 80, with second and third close behind. Canada’s Sebastien Toutant scored a 79 to take silver with Sage Kotsenburg, of Park City, Utah, earning a 77 to finish with bronze.

Olympic bronze medalist in halfpipe Scotty Lago, of Seabrook, N.H., rallied through a wired shut jaw to finish fifth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
Winter X Games 15
Aspen, CO – Jan. 28, 2011
Big Air

1. Torstein Horgmo, Norway, 80
2. Sebastien Toutant, Canada, 79
3. Sage Kotsenburg, Park City, UT, 77

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