Su Yiming became the first Chinese snowboarder to win a gold medal in the Olympics, bringing home the victory for the host country in the men's big air event.
Anna Gasser of Austria executed a massive cab 1260 on her final jump to overtake Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand and win her second straight Olympic gold medal in women's snowboarding big air Tuesday.
BEIJING (AP) Anna Gasser hardly felt like the favorite in Beijing, even as the only woman to ever win an Olympic snowboarding big air contest. The way her competition with an average age of 21 has been pushing the sport's boundaries, the 30-year-old from Austria wasn't even sure that her best would be good enough for the podium. “This one is more emotional to me, because it's so unexpected,” she said.
BEIJING (AP) Su Yiming gave host China its second gold medal at Big Air Shougang, matching Eileen Gu with a stunning show Tuesday in front of fans at the repurposed steel mill and winning the country's first top prize in Olympic snowboarding.