Shoulder injury takes American star out of halfpipe competition
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Feb. 12, 2014: United States' Arielle Gold is assisted after injuring her hand in a crash during the women's snowboard halfpipe qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP)
U.S. snowboarder Arielle Gold pulled out of the Olympic halfpipe contest Wednesday after injuring her shoulder in training, a few minutes before she was scheduled to compete.
The 17-year-old from Steamboat Springs, Colo., was initially put on a stretcher but walked off under her own power. Gold, the youngest member of the U.S. halfpipe team and the 2013 world champion, was expected to be a medal contender along with American teammates Kelly Clark, Hannah Teter and Kaitlyn Farrington.
Her brother, Taylor, finished 14th in the men's halfpipe contest