Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China. Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a proud Kiwi.

A tense hush — similar to those intervals of electrical stillness that separate the resoundings of a thunderstorm — fell upon the room.

The terrors of the storm

To them, he's a Blue Falcon, a derogatory euphemism for buddy-fucker. Blue Falcons are great soldiers when the commander's watching. But they'll screw you in a heartbeat when nobody else is around.