Su Yiming Wins Gold Medal for Snowboarding Big Air at Olympics 2022

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 at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Su threw down back-to-back 1800s in his first two runs, one forward, then backward. Mons Roisland of Norway won the silver medal with a score of 171.75, edging out the 170.25 by Canada's Max Parrot. Parrot, who is now cancer-free after being diagnosed in 2018, earned his second medal of the 2022 Games after winning gold in the men's slopestyle event. Su's victory was another win for China at Big Air Shougang, following up Eileen Gu's surprising gold-medal win in the freestyle skiing best-trick contest last week. It was the sixth gold medal overall for the host country. Tuesday's victory was undoubtedly the perfect birthday present.