COPPER MOUNTAIN — If one snowboarder could have claimed all three halfpipe podium spots in Saturday’s Sprint U.S. Grand Prix finals, four-time Olympian and defending X Games gold medalist Kelly Clark would have done it — throwing down three finals runs that each bested the rest of the women’s field at Copper Mountain over the weekend. The three-time Olympic medalist showed why she is snowboarding’s most decorated athlete, kicking off her season with a win at the first of three U.S. Grand Prix stops. Steamboat Springs native Taylor Gold claimed the top spot for the men with an impressive third …
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