ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, a 20-year-old from New Zealand, landed “the best run of my life” to win the gold medal in women’s snowboard slopestyle at Genting Snow Park. Her victory can be attributed to a three-jump sequence that no other women’s competitor can match.
“I knew before I dropped in that if I landed the run that I set out to do,” she said, “I would win gold.”
Her winning performance came on her third and final run, the last of the competition. She navigated the course cleanly and put herself in position to win as she approached the last of her three major jumps.