Source: Radio New Zealand
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is the Beijing 2022 Olympic gold medallist in Slopestyle and silver medallist in Big Air and the 2018 PyeongChang bronze medallist in Big Air. She is a three-time snowboard Slopestyle World Champion. AFP
New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won silver at the X-Games in the Slopestyle in her final hit out before the Winter Olympics.
The reigning Olympic Slopestyle champion scored a mark of 93.00 to finish behind British star Mia Brookes, while Japan’s Cocomo Murase was third.
Nine of the world’s top snowboarders were wrapping up their final preparations for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina at the competition in Aspen.
Sadowski-Synnott landed a complicated switch backside 1260 on her third and final run, and later said she was tested by the field.
“The girls all have their own style and creativity and they pushed me really hard,” Sadowski-Synnott said
And reigning World Champion Luca Harrington won silver for New Zealand in the men’s Freeski Big Air competition with a score of 97.00.
Harrington couldn’t quite shake Italian rival Miro Tabanelli who claimed gold.
X-Games women’s Slopestyle
1 96.33 – Mia Brookes, GBR, 2 93.00 – Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, NZL, 3 89.66 – Cocomo Murase, JPN.
X-Games men’s Freeski Big Air Slopestyle
1 98.00 Miro Tabanelli, ITA, 2 97.00 Luca Harrington, NZL, 3 96.33 Matey Svancer, AUT
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