Ohioans are making waves all the way in Pyeongchang.
17-year-old Red Gerard, originally from Rocky River, Ohio – just west of Cleveland – earned the United States its first gold medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Saturday, earning first-place in men's slopestyle snowboarding.
Gerard finished with a final score of 87.16 to edge out Canadians Max Parrot and Mark McMorris, and his family went justifiably nuts on the homefront.
Incredible! The reaction from Red Gerards hometown of Rocky River as he takes home the gold. @wkyc #pyeongchangOlympics2018 pic.twitter.com/InapS9M6RC
— Amani Abraham (@AmaniAbraham) February 11, 2018
Gerard now lives in Colorado – the hills are bigger there – but he still has family in the great state of Ohio, including his cousin Freddy Gerard, who is a junior forward on the No. 6 Ohio State men's hockey team, which downed top-ranked Notre Dame the same day Red won the gold.
Making history! CONGRATULATIONS @RedmondGerard on bringing home USAs first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Couldnt be more proud cousin! #LetsGetGerarded pic.twitter.com/9oQUK3tgQ5
— Freddy Gerard (@FreddyFolsom) February 11, 2018
Sounds like it's a family of champions.
