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Torah wins silver for Australia
A beaming Bright was delighted to add a silver medal to her Olympic trophy cabinet.
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Australia's Torah Bright has won the silver medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe.
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Bright went agonisingly close to defending the the gold medal she won in Vancouver.
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Her second run in the final was good enough to earn a score of 91.50, just behind USA's Kaitlyn Farrington who scored 91.75.
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Like many of the competitors, Bright had some trouble with the pipe during her first run.
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But just like in Vancouver, Bright pulled out a clean second run to make the podium.
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The silver medal follows a seventh place in the slopestyle earlier in the week.
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The USA filled the rest of the podium with Kaitlyn Farrington taking the gold and compatriot Kelly Clark claiming the bronze.
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Bright became Australia's most successful female Winter Olympian.
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She will hold off on the celebrations until after she completes her gruelling schedule with the snowboard cross starting on Sunday.
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