'Best of US' awards

By Agencies – Global Times Source:Agencies - Global Times Published: 2014-4-3 23:58:02

Slopestyle snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg and luger Erin Hamlin were named Wednesday (US time) as the United States Olympic Committee's top athletes from the Sochi Winter Games in February.

Kotsenburg was presented with the men's individual award after he won the inaugural Olympic slopestyle snowboarding event with a daredevil move he invented himself but had never actually tried in competition.

Hamlin collected the women's award after she became the first American to win an Olympic medal in singles luge with her third-place finish.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who won gold in ice dancing and a bronze in the figure skating team event, were named as the best US team in Sochi.

The awards, dubbed "Best of US," were decided by fan votes.

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