SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Action in the Winter Olympics starts in earnest on Saturday with five gold medals up for grabs, opening with the new Games discipline of snowboard slopestyle and concluding around midnight with the floodlit women's moguls.
Canadian Maxence Parrot is favourite to take the first gold of the Games in snowboard slopestyle after American Shaun White withdrew claiming the course was too dangerous.
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