Beijing 2022: Canada's Laurie Blouin goes for gold in Big Air final

Laurie Blouin is among the medal contenders in the snowboard Big Air final at Beijing 2022 on Tuesday (15 February).

The Team Canada athlete was fourth after the qualification runs at Big Air Shougang with teammate Jasmine Baird going through to the 12-strong final in 10th place.

Canada already have five snowboard medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, including Max Parrot's gold in the men's slopestyle.

Now Blouin is looking to make it six in the women's Big Air after finishing fourth in the slopestyle, four years after her silver in that event at PyeongChang 2018.

The final starts at 09:30 local time (20:30 EST, 17:30 PST on Monday).

Blouin's slopestyle silver medal at PyeongChang embodied resilience and determination.

She crashed in training two days before qualification was scheduled to take place, and had to be carried off the slopes on a stretcher.

Sporting a black eye and cut cheek where her goggles had dug into her face, Blouin ensured her name was on the rider list for the qualifying runs.

Due to high winds, qualification was cancelled with the competition becoming a straight two-run final the following day.

Again, weather delayed the start by an hour and not a single rider managed to land two runs.

No matter to Blouin who responded with a fine second run to claim silver behind USA's Jamie Anderson.

Blouin was born in Quebec City in April 1996 and followed in elder brother Samuel's footsteps by taking up snowboarding aged six.

She became world junior slopestyle champion in 2013 before claiming the national title two years later in 2015.

The 25-year-old's most memorable moment came at the 2019 X Games when she won the Big Air competition

She told prime-snowboarding.de: "I was so stoked! I just lived in the moment