Athletics
Downhillers on hold as Fourcade launches Olympic charge
9 years agoUS Redmond Gerard competes in a run during the final of the men's snowboard slopestyle at the Phoenix Park during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 11, 2018 in Pyeongchang. / AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU
Teenage snowboarder Red Gerard won the first Olympic medal for the United States of Friday but Canada's Mark McMorris stole the show with an inspirational bronze medal. Gerard, 17, became…