gold was the youngest member of the us 2014 sochi winter olympics halfpipe team at the age of 17, and was considered a medal contender in the women's halfpipe. but she was not able to compete in the qualification for the olympic halfpipe finals, because of a separated right shoulder injury suffered on february 12, 2014, when she caught an edge at the end of the pipe during a practice run and crashed at rosa khutor extreme park in krasnaya polyana, russia, moments before the competition.