Congratulations Nicolien Sauerbreij!

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Nicolien Sauerbreij, Dutch competitor in the Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom, just won a gold medal! This is her first Olympic medal and the first Olympic medal for The Netherlands in a snow sport. Usually, we only win on speed skating medals, so this is huge news, but also hugely deserved for Nicolien. The 30-year old athlete competed in two previous Olympic Games, but never raced beyond the quarter finals. But today, everything went well, despite the terrible weather conditions at Cypress Mountain. Nicolien Sauerbreij was the best!