Cancer survivor Max Parrot soars to Olympic snowboard gold in Beijing
Three years ago Max Parrot was in hospital fighting cancer - on Monday he won men's snowboard slopestyle gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Three years ago Max Parrot was in hospital fighting cancer - on Monday he won men's snowboard slopestyle gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Max Parrot of Canada made a stunning comeback from cancer to win snowboarding slopestyle gold at the Beijing Olympics on Monday (Feb 7), carving out a smooth line and landing signature jumps with ease, while Chinese teen sensation Su Yiming took silver.
BEIJING — Canada dominated the men's snowboard slopestyle competition, with Max Parrot winning gold and teammate Mark McMorris claiming bronze.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China :Max Parrot of Canada won gold in the men's snowboarding slopestyle event at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, carving out a smooth line with massive jumps off the Great Wall-inspired course, with Chinese teen sensation Su Yiming taking silver.
Canada's Max Parrot won Olympic snowboard slopestyle gold with the «best run of his life» — three years after being diagnosed with cancer.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : A flood of angry and frustrated comments flooded Chinese social media after the local favourite, snowboarder Su Yiming, finished his first run at the men's slopestyle final on Monday with what they saw as an unexpectedly low score.
Max Parrot's comeback from cancer is complete.
Japanese snowboarder Takeru Otsuka attracted attention by checking his phone just before his crucial slopestyle run at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. The 20-year-old produced a score of 74.93 in the qualifying event on Sunday which placed him down in sixth place and secured his progress through to the final.