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Sochi slopestyle gold medallist finishes disappointing 21st

Freestyle skier Dara Howell, a gold medallist in women鈥檚 slopestyle four years ago in Sochi, finished a disappointing 21st. The 23-year-old from Huntsville, Ont., who admitted she tore a knee ligament in November, is already looking ahead to 2022.

Freestyle skier Dara Howell, a gold medallist in women鈥檚 slopestyle four years ago in Sochi, finished a disappointing 21st.

The 23-year-old from Huntsville, Ont., who admitted she tore a knee ligament in November, is already looking ahead to 2022.

鈥淢y dad is going to kill me. I just said to him: 鈥極K I鈥檝e gotta go four more years,鈥 鈥 an emotional Howell said with a laugh. 鈥淚 think every Olympics is a different experience and you learn so much along the way. We鈥檒l see but I just don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 done.

鈥淚 still have stuff to prove to myself.鈥

Yuki Tsubota of Whistler, sa国际传媒, was the top Canadian 鈥 and the only one of three to make the final. She placed sixth with a score of 74.40 points.

Kim Lamarre of Lac Beauport, Que., the bronze medallist from Sochi, was 22nd.