Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has claimed her second medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, winning silver in an epic big air final.
The 20-year-old from W?naka held the lead going into the third and final run, but defending Olympic champion Anna Gasser (Austria) stomped a huge 1260 to inch ahead. Sadowski-Synnott then had the right of reply, but was unable to land her own 1260, finishingΒ in second.
βIβm super stoked, I canβt really believe it right now but I couldnβt be more happy to stand on the podium alongside Anna and Kokomo,β said Sadowski-Synnott.
βI havenβt really processed it all yet but I canβt wait to get home and take it all in with my friends and family.β
The silver medal is in addition to the gold Sadowski-Synnott won in snowboard slopestyle earlier in the Games.
Sadwoski-Synnott now has a full set of Olympic medals, slopestyle gold (Beijing 2022), big air silver (Beijing 2022) and big air bronze (PyeongChang 2018).
βItβs cool to have the full set, I canβt wait to get them all together. Iβm already looking ahead to the next Winter Olympics, Iβm really keen to make it to Italy, thereβs still a lot of progression to come in womenβs snowboarding and I want to be a part of it.β
Sadowski-Synnott now heads to Canada for further competition. She hopes to be back in New Zealand in March.
