Olympics: Mari Fukada wins women's snowboard slopestyle at Milan Cortina Games

Mari Fukada won the women's slopestyle snowboard on Wednesday at the Milan Cortina Olympics, earning Japan its record-equaling fifth gold medal at the games.Fukada was awarded 87.83 as she won a high-scoring event, beating silver medalist and defending champion Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand, who scored 87.48 at Livigno Snow Park. Kokomo Murase of Japan finished with bronze, scoring 85.80.Japan's gold medal tally at the Milan Cortina Games now equals the five it won as host at the Nagano Winter Games in 1998. It also now has 22 total medals, extending the record it set earlier at these…READ FULL ARTICLE