Canada's Sharpe wins freestyle skiing halfpipe gold

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Cassie Sharpe won gold for Canada in the women‘s halfpipe in freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday.Sharpe laid down a best score of 95.80 on the second of her three runs, to beat Marie Martinod of France, with Brita Sigourney of the United States taking bronze.Martonod top scored with 92.60 on her second run while Sigourney was given 91.60 on her last run to edge team-mate Annalisa Drew (90.80).Maddie Bowman of the United States, the Sochi gold medallist four years ago, could not manage a clean run and finished last of the 11 starters.