USA's Kaitlyn Farrington wins halfpipe gold

Shaun White's disappointing fourth-place finish during the Feb. 11 men's halfpipe, the pressure was on U.S. Olympians Kaitlyn Farrington, Kelly Clark, and Hannah Teter when they hit the slopes for the Feb. 12 ladies' event.

Kaitlyn Farrington, Torah Bright, and Kelly Clark podium at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Women's Halfpipe.

Shaun White's disappointing fourth-place finish during the Feb. 11 men's halfpipe, the pressure was on U.S. Olympians Kaitlyn Farrington, Kelly Clark, and Hannah Teter when they hit the slopes for the Feb. 12 ladies' event.

On the American front, Kaitlyn Farrington scored the US another gold by rocking the halfpipe, besting event fave and fellow American Kelly Clark, who took bronze. On a night that saw a number of upsets — Julia Mancuso and 

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — It didn't take long for the Farrington family to come up with a formula for how they were going to pay for their teenage daughter, Kaitlyn, to start traveling the country to participate in snowboarding contests. If it was a