Silver Medalist Julia Marino of Team USA poses with her medal during the Women's Snowboard Slopestyle medal ceremony at Medal Plaza on Feb. 6. Photo: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
Team USA has collected its first medals of the Beijing Winter Olympics, garnering silver medals in women's freestyle skiing and snowboarding.
Driving the news: Julia Marino won the U.S. its first medal of the Games on Sunday morning, after finishing second in women’s snowboard slopestyle.
- Later in the morning freestyle skier Jaelin Kauf captured the team's second medal, winning silver in the women’s moguls event.
The big picture: Marino's second finish is the first time the U.S. hasn't won the gold medal in the snowboard slopestyle event, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- But Kauf is the first American to medal in women’s moguls since 2014, per NBC Washington.