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ASPEN, Colo. -- Montreals Kaya Turksi earned a silver medal in ski slopestyle at the X Games on Sunday, while fellow Canadian Dara Howell earned bronze. Norways Tiril Sjastad Christiansen -- at 17 the disciplines youngest gold medallist -- pulled off an upset win against Turski, who was looking for a fourth straight gold medal at the event. Turski crashed on her first two runs and was sitting in last place going into her final run. The 24-year-old needed to beat Christiansens 92.33 score for a record fourth title, but only scored 90 with a run that included a rodeo 540, a switch 720, and a switch cork 540. "Im so excited about the silver medal a and relieved," said Turski. "You know, the second rail kind of messed with me, its so silly, I feel like its often the features you dont even think twice about that give you a hard time and today they did." Turski was forced to wait at the top of the course for more than 30 minutes before her third run as officials attended to Chicagos Ashley Battersby, who crashed on the course and slid into the retaining fence. Battersby was taken to a hospital with a knee injury. "It was for sure a little bit of a mind game and the course changes a little over that time too," said Turski. That was the second serious injury of the day as Rose Battersby (no relation) of New Zealand was taken to hospital following a serious fall in training. Howell, an 18-year-old X Games Aspen rookie from Huntsville, Ont., held the lead momentarily in the middle of the second round before finishing with the bronze at 89.33. "I missed my grabs a little bit, but Im happy to be on the podium," said Howell. "I definitely want to keep progressing. I want to keep pushing the sport and pushing myself and today was a run I knew I could put down and I just have to get those grabs better for next time." Meanwhile, Alex Bellemare of St. Bonfiface, Que., was fourth on the mens side with a score of 90.66. American Nick Goepper won the gold with a third-run score of 94.00, followed by Swedens Henrik Harlaut (92.66) in second and James Woods (92) in third. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys . Two goals by Argentina striker Federico Higuain, including a 62nd-minute penalty winner, gave the Columbus Crew a sloppy 2-1 victory over Toronto, extending TFCs winless streak to 14 on a raw, wet Fan Appreciation Day at Crew Stadium. Cheap NFL Jerseys . 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They are man enough to know theyre to blame for the position we are in." QPR has four points from 13 matches after a 3-1 loss Saturday at Manchester United, when Redknapp watched from the stands as assistant coaches Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki took charge. "We are rock bottom," Redknapp told British broadcaster Sky Sports. "We have to try and get up that table." Redknapp has been tasked with performing the same rescue act that was so successful at Tottenham. He took the north London club from bottom place when he took over in 2008 into the Champions League in 2010 before being fired in June despite finishing fourth for the second straight season. QPR is now in the same position as Tottenham was in October 2008 -- four points adrift at the bottom of the standings. "Tottenham were not in a real relegation battle when I took over despite having two points at the time, they had been underachieving," Redknapp told the BBC. "This is a tougher one." But chairman Tony Fernandes is sure Redknapp has the acumen to keep QPR in the top flight after the team onlly survived on the last day of last season.dddddddddddd "He has a proven track record in the Premier League and has all the characteristics we were looking for to get us out of the current situation we find ourselves in," Fernandes said. Fernandes signed 11 new players in the summer transfer window on big salaries, including Park Ji-sung from Manchester United, Jose Bosingwa from Chelsea and Julio Cesar from Inter Milan, but they have failed to gel. "His man-management skills are second to none and we are confident he is the right man to lead us away from the bottom of the table," Fernandes said. Redknapp started in management at Bournemouth in 1983, taking the south-coast team into the second tier and memorably knocking Manchester United out of the 1984 FA Cup. After leaving Bournemouth in 1992, a strong seven-year stint with West Ham followed before six years at Portsmouth, interrupted by a short-lived and controversial move to local rival Southampton. It was at Portsmouth where Redknapps stock soared by leading the team in 2008 to its first FA Cup triumph in 69 years before being enticed to Tottenham. At White Hart Lane, Redknapp took Tottenham into the Champions League for the first time. But Tottenhams failure to rejoin Europes elite appears to have ultimately cost Redknapp his job despite another fourth-place finish in May for a club that hasnt won the English title since 1961. Redknapp had been expecting to be appointed England manager in May, but lost out to Roy Hodgson after Fabio Capello stepped down. Now Redknapp is taking charge of his fifth Premier League club. "We believe we have a manager, with significant experience at the highest level of football, who can come in and immediately help deliver our objectives," Fernandes said. 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