Bright bags gold for Australia in Vancouver

Snowboarder Torah Bright won Australia’s first gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics, picking herself up after a first run fall to beat much-vaunted American duo Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler in the women’s halfpipe.

Olympic champion Teter led the field after the first run, scoring 42.4 with the five-judge panel while Bleiler and Bright, who earned the top score in qualifying, both fell.