ROXY Athlete Kelly Sildaru Wins Gold at Winter X Games

The 14-year-old Estonian ski prodigy clinched the victory in the Slopestyle event for the second time of her young career.

Published: January 30, 2017 Press Release

ROXY skier Kelly Sildaru yesterday accomplished a major feat by winning the X Games Slopestyle Ski event for the second year in a row. Following her second place finish in the Big Air event on Saturday, the young Estonian prodigy dominated her favorite discipline: the Slopestyle event. After becoming the youngest Winter X Games champion ever last year, Sildaru gets the Gold with a 92,33 points final score and outjumps the French young competitor Tess Ledeux and Johanne Kill (Norway).  

With this accomplishment, Sildaru becomes the first women in Winter X Games history to win 2 medals in a single X Games. She is also the first athlete ever, under 15 years old, to win Gold twice.

ROXY’s Katie Ormerod (UK) claimed a third place finish in the Slopestyle Snowboard event. That’s 3 medals for the ROXY team so far in 2017.

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