Colorado Olympians Bring Home Some Precious Medals

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Photo: Red Gerard Snowboard 2018 Winter Olympics (AP)
Red Gerard, of Silverthorne, Colorado, jumps during the men's slopestyle final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018.

Colorado was well represented this year at the Winter Olympics. In fact, it was the state with the most athletes on Team USA. And many of them brought home medals. We spoke with skier Alex Ferreira, who grew up on the slopes in Aspen and won silver in men’s halfpipe with an unbelievable run. Also joining us, snowboard Red Gerard of Silverthorne, who won the first U.S. medal of the PyeongChang games -- a gold in slopestyle.