WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- They don't raise snowboarders in the Netherlands. It's kinda hard when there are no hills.
They do raise speedskaters there, however, and good ones at that.
Nicolien Sauerbreij decided to take the road less traveled, and on Friday, she made history. Skating nimbly over the slush that claimed many of her competitors at mushy Cypress Mountain, Sauerbreij won the women's parallel giant slalom, the first gold medal in snowboarding for a country that's barely above sea level.
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