Jamie anderson

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Snowboarder Jamie Anderson, 23, scored a 95.25 on her run to make America 2 for 2 in slopestyle's colorful and treacherous debut on the Sochi Olympic stage.

SOCHI, Russia — She was as prohibitive a favorite as perhaps any athlete competing in these Winter Games. But even a four-time X Games champion, the dominant figure in her sport, knew the drop-in from the top of an Olympic mountain was a whole different ball of wax.

Jamie Anderson said, “Grief is just love with no place to go,” and I’ve been thinking about that a lot. I’ve also been thinking about how lonely it can...