Olympics: Sena Tomita wins snowboard halfpipe bronze as Chloe Kim retains gold

Japanese snowboarder Sena Tomita won women's halfpipe bronze at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, scoring 88.25 points in her second run as American Chloe Kim soared to gold.Kim put down an impressive 94.00 in her first run at the Genting Snow Park which proved enough for the win and her second successive Olympic gold in the event. Queralt Castellet of Spain won silver with a 90.25 ride.Tomita opened her highest-scoring run with a frontside 900 and closed it with a frontside 1080, effectively repeating her first run that scored marginally lower at 86.00. In her last attempt to better her sc…READ FULL ARTICLE