KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Sarah Burke's parents looked up the hill and saw the halfpipe workers making one last trip down in the formation of a heart. They looked the other direction and saw the scoreboard: Maddie Bowman of the United States
Maddie Bowman became not only the winner in half-pipe skiing at Sochi Olympics, but also the youngest American to win a gold medal during the 2014 Games; however, history was made on Thursday as Sarah Burke was
They were both 29 years old when they died — Sarah Burke and Nik Zoricic. And it was hard not to cry — the athletes did, some of us did — when talking about the two Canadian skiers who died a month apart in 2012 while doing their extreme sports
Sarah Burke will be honoured in Ottawa Saturday as the recipient of the flag that flies over the Peace Tower. Burke fought to have freestyle skiing included as an Olympic event.
It was an act of remembrance that took on special significance after Olympians realized this weekend that they would not be able to honour Sarah Burke, the Canadian freeskiing star who died two years ago. Rule 50 of the