TODD RICHARDS (Olympics)

U.S. Olympian and seven-time Winter X Games medalist Todd Richards returns for his sixth Olympic assignment with NBC Sports, having served as a snowboarding analyst for each of the prior five Winter Olympics.

Richards claimed two U.S. Open halfpipe titles in 1994 and 1997, and two Winter X Games halfpipe titles, including a gold medal at the inaugural Winter X Games in 1997.

The Olympian followed the 1998 Nagano Olympics with a double-medal performance at the 2000 Winter X Games. In 2001, he was the Winter X Games V silver medalist in big air and slopestyle.

Fast Facts

• Sixth Olympics with NBC Sports.
• Represented Team USA at 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.
• Two U.S. Open halfpipe titles (1994 and 1997) and two Winter X Games halfpipe titles.
• Released his first book, P3: Pipes, Parks and Powder, an insider’s account of the emergence and explosive growth snowboarding, in November 2003.

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