Dufour-Lapointe Sisters Wins Gold and Silver Medals In Women's Moguls

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — The Dufour-Lapointe family of Canada will have a few things to share and compare when they get home from Russia.Try Olympic gold and silver medals.Youngest sister Justine took the gold in women's moguls Saturday night and middle sister Chloe got the second-place prize.Sisters Justine and Chloe won the gold and silver medals, respectively, for Canada. Kearney, an American hoping to become the first freestyle skier in Olympic history to win gold at back-to-back Winter Olympics, finished third for the bronze. She'll officially retire after this year's games.Gold medalist Justine Dufour-Lapointe is 19 years old, while her silver medalist sister, Chloe, is 22. A third Dufour-Lapointe sister, 24-year-old Maxime, was also in the competition, but did not medal.Going to the Olympics as a family — eldest sister Maxime made it to the final and placed 12th — is something these three sisters have always believed was possible, even when others didn’t. They predicted it years ago, but few on Canada’s freestyle ski team really believed Maxime, who turned 25 as her sisters were getting their medals, would get the results she needed to qualify. She proved them wrong. Even after the sisters arrived, the team’s medal expectation was still one. They delivered two. Not much seemed to faze Justine on Saturday. When told Prime Minister Stephen Harper was calling, she calmly inquired, “individually or speaker phone?” “It’s awesome being the first gold medal (winner) for Canada. It’s great and I will embrace that moment forever.Maxime, who worked hard to change her style to get to the Olympics, said she wasn’t upset about not making it onto the podium. “I got caught by a technical mistake,” she said. “So what? I’m 12th in my first Olympics. There’s no disappointment. I’m going home head up.” The sisters, who skipped the opening ceremonies because they were too close to the competition, plan to stay in Sochi to soak it all in. “It’s crazy, being an Olympic champion. I don’t believe it,” Justine said, “but probably I will tomorrow.