Julia Marino took silver in the women’s snowboard slopestyle, winning Team USA’s first medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
One reason why the Carver is so thrilled for Julia’s victory is that this Westport native visited Carver kids a while ago to inspire Carver youth to dream big! We have Tom Chiappetta of the Fairfield County Sports Commission to thank for this connection to greatness.
Julia landed back-to-back 900s and a frontside double cork 1080 on her second run Sunday morning in the women's slopestyle finals to take silver behind New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott.
In the moments after securing a silver medal in slopestyle, the 24-year-old snowboarder said she was “over the moon” about the experience. Julia said she’d been preparing to deliver a run of that caliber for a long time and to do it on the Olympic stage was different than anything else she could’ve imagined.
Julia had a large cheering section in PyeongChang where she made her Olympic debut. Four years later, her family and friends remained stateside as Beijing organizers announced no foreign spectators would be allowed and tickets would only be made available to a handful of “selected” amid strict Covid-19 restrictions.
Marino’s family will have one more opportunity to watch her seek Olympic glory in the women’s Big Air competition on Monday, Feb. 14, at 9:15 p.m. Big Air made its debut in PyeongChang.
Julia visiting with Carver kids