--- title: Sochi Winte Olympics 2014: Americans Sweep Men's Skiing Slopestyle description: This is the third time an American sweep has happened in the history of the winter Olympic games. canonical: https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-13T12:49:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:25:01.877Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Sochi Winte Olympics 2014: Americans Sweep Men's Skiing Slopestyle og:description: This is the third time an American sweep has happened in the history of the winter Olympic games. og:url: https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f810666be6177/69868276cd804d6f6ecc9625/469128981-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Freestyle Skiing - Winter Olympics Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sochi Winte Olympics 2014: Americans Sweep Men's Skiing Slopestyle twitter:description: This is the third time an American sweep has happened in the history of the winter Olympic games. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f810666be6177/69868276cd804d6f6ecc9625/469128981-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Americans Win All Three Medals in New Skiing Event ## Video: Meet Team USA: Mikaela Shiffrin [Watch (HLS stream): Meet Team USA: Mikaela Shiffrin](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AOupWgg9.m3u8) (1:41)  _Published 2014-02-10. Meet the 18 year old skier hoping to take home gold in Sochi._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Feb 13, 2014 12:49 PM UTC  Silver medalist Gus Kenworthy of the United States, gold medalist Joss Christensen of the United States and bronze medalist Nicholas Goepper of the United States stand on the podium during the flower ceremony after the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Slopestyle Finals on Feb. 13, 2014 in Sochi. Silver medalist Gus Kenworthy of the United States, gold medalist Joss Christensen of the United States and bronze medalist Nicholas Goepper of the United States stand on the podium during the flower ceremony after the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Slopestyle Finals on Feb. 13, 2014 in Sochi.Al Bello—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Feb 13, 2014 12:49 PM UTC Americans took home the gold, silver, and bronze medal in the [inaugural men’s skiing slopestyle competition](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/13/men-ski-slopestyle-nick-goepper-joss-christensen-gus-kenworthy/5445061/) at the Winter Olympics in Sochi on Thursday. Joss Christensen, a 22-year-old from Park City, Utah, might have only been a discretionary pick for the U.S. team, but he finished the event, sliding from rails and catapulting from ramps, with the best time and a gold medal. He had a score of 95.80 followed by Gus Kenworthy at 93.60 and Nick Goepper at 92.40. “I am shocked,” Christensen said after his win, the _Wall Street Journal_ [reports.](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304434104579380502784419892) “I am stoked to be up here with my friends. America, we did it.” This is only the third time Americans have ever swept a Winter Games event. _More: Meet The Athletes of Team U.S.A._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/"},"headline":"Americans Win All Three Medals in New Skiing Event","datePublished":"2014-02-13T12:49:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:25:01.877Z","description":"This is the third time an American sweep has happened in the history of the winter Olympic games.","url":"https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/","keywords":["olympics","America","Gold"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f810666be6177/69868276cd804d6f6ecc9625/469128981-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f810666be6177/69868276cd804d6f6ecc9625/469128981-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Freestyle Skiing - Winter Olympics Day 6","caption":"Silver medalist Gus Kenworthy of the United States, gold medalist Joss Christensen of the United States and bronze medalist Nicholas Goepper of the United States stand on the podium during the flower ceremony after the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Slopesty","creditText":"Al Bello—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/olympics/","name":"olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/","name":"Americans Win All Three Medals in New Skiing Event"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet Team USA: Mikaela Shiffrin","description":"Meet the 18 year old skier hoping to take home gold in Sochi.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/AOupWgg9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-10T21:08:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AOupWgg9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/","duration":"PT1M41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/7590/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-skiing-slopestyle/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```