BEIJING, Beijing —

Team USA earned its first medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics in snowboarding but it didn't come from reigning two-time Olympic slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson.

Instead, fellow American Julia Marino won the silver, bested in the final moments of the competition by Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand for gold with her best score of 92.88 points.

South Lake Tahoe's Anderson, the favorite to win the event, failed to make the podium and came in 9th place.

The slopestyle snowboard final was a windy Saturday for the 12 women qualifiers, which also included Southern California's Hailey Langland who finished 11th.

The competition is scored by a panel of judges that grade performances based on execution, difficulty, amplitude, variety and progression of the run. The slopes are full of several different features snowboarders can use depending on their creativity.

The format of the final is that the best score of three rounds is the final score.

Tess Coady from Australia won a bronze medal with a score of 84.15 points.

How Anderson fell short

Anderson fell in her first round. By the second round she was in 8th place with a score of 60.78 points, her best of the three rounds, before falling again in her third round.

At Anderson's Olympic debut at the 2014 Sochi Games, she became the first-ever women’s Olympic slopestyle gold medalist. In PyeongChang, she won gold in slopestyle and silver in big air.

She grew up in South Lake Tahoe and said when she got on a snowboard for the first time, "I, like, fell in love with the winter season."

She’s now based in Whistler, a town in British Columbia.

Ahead of taking off for the Olympics, she announced her engagement on social media to Canadian snowboarder Tyler Nicholson.

“What I love about our partnership is that we are willing to work through the challenging and darker times to rise above to the lighter vibrations and in doing so, we are a stronger team!” she wrote.

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are officially opened after Friday’s Opening Ceremony and the competition later in the day will feature Team USA snowboarding star Jamie Anderson as well as the U.S. women's hockey team taking on Russia. Ski jumping, cross-country and freestyle skiing, speed skating, luge and more events are planned as well. The first six medals of the Games will be awarded.We’ll share livestream links below for what’s happening Friday evening and early Saturday. But first here’s how to catch up on top Olympics moments you may have missed. Here are the best video highlights from Day 0 at the Winter Olympics.| VIDEO | Nathan Chen wins team short program at 2022 Olympics| VIDEO | USA's Hubbell/Donohue score top rhythm dance in team eventMore Olympic moments videosBest of Day 0: Chen, Hubbell, Donahue among top performersROC nearly collides with Team USA in rhythm dance warmupsSmooth Criminals: Italy ice dancers channel Michael JacksonMueller/Dieck's rhythm dance as the Joker and Harley QuinnKnierim/Frazier nail their short in skating's team eventTeam USA defeats Sweden in mixed doubles curlingHow to watch the Opening Ceremony if you missed itDaylong coverage of the Olympics will culminate with NBC’s special primetime presentation of the Opening Ceremony from 8 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET on WLWT and Peacock and online here.Other ways to watch the Olympics include Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo TV and YouTube TV. Learn more about those streaming options here.Here’s a recap of what happened. | GALLERY BELOW | The must-see images of the 2022 Olympic opening ceremony Here are livestreams for notable events happening on Friday and early SaturdayNetwork livestreamsWatch NBC’s Winter Olympics Day Show starting at 2 p.m ETWatch USA networks coverage of curling, figure skating and more starting at 12 p.m. ET Watch NBC Primetime’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony starting at 8 p.m. ET Event livestreams on Friday eveningCurling mixed doubles round-robin: Watch Switzerland vs. Sweden at 8:05 p.m. ETCurling mixed doubles round-robin: Watch Australia vs. Norway at 8:05 p.m. ETSnowboarding: Women’s slopestyle qualifying starts at 9:45 p.m ET This event features South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in slopestyle.Alpine skiing: Men’s downhill training starts at 10 p.m. ET Hockey women’s prelim: Canada vs. Finland at 11:10 p.m ET Event livestreams early Saturday MEDAL EVENT | Cross-country skiing: Women’s skiathlon at 2:45 a.m. ET. (Watch for Team USA’s Jessie Diggins. Learn more about skiathlon here)MEDAL EVENT | Speed skating: Women’s 3000m at 3:30 a.m. ET (Watch for Mia Manganello Kilburg. Learn more about speed skating here)Hockey women’s prelim: Czech Republic vs. Sweden at 3:40 a.m. ETHockey women’s prelim: Denmark vs. Japan at 3:40 a.m. ETMEDAL EVENT | Biathlon: 4X6km mixed relay at 4 a.m. ET (Watch for Clare Egan, Susan Dunklee, Paul Schommer and Sean Doherty. Learn more about biathlon here)MEDAL EVENT |Ski jumping: Women’s individual normal hill final at 4:45 a.m. ETFreestyle skiing: Men’s moguls qualifying No. 2 at 5 a.m. ET MEDAL EVENT | Short track: Mixed relay finals, women’s 500m heats and men’s 1000m heats at 6 a.m. ET (Warch for Maame Biney and Kristen Santos. Learn more about short track here)Luge: Men’s singles luge runs 1 and 2 at 6:10 a.m. ET. (Watch for Chris Mazdzer. Learn more about luge here)MEDAL EVENT | Freestyle skiing: Men’s moguls finals at 6:25 a.m. ET (Watch for Cole McDonald and Dylan Walcyz)Curling mixed doubles round-robin: Norway vs. China at 7:05 a.m. ETCurling mixed doubles round-robin: Czech Republic vs. Switzerland at 7:05 a.m. ETCurling mixed doubles round-robin: USA vs. Canada at 7:05 a.m. ET. (Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys)Curling mixed doubles round-robin: Great Britain vs. Italy at 7:05 a.m. ETHockey women’s prelim: USA vs. ROC at 8:10 a.m. ET