Olympic wake-up call: Max Parrot is golden on the slopes

Three years ago, Max Parrot was laying in a hospital bed "with no energy, no muscles, no cardio" undergoing chemotherapy to fight Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Monday, he became an Olympic champion.

"It really just shows anything is possible," the 27-year-old said after winning Canada's first gold medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

"Today, I'm an Olympic gold medallist and I did the biggest run of my life."

WATCH | Max Parrot wins Canada's 1st gold medal of Beijing 2022:

The 2018 Olympic slopestyle silver medallist was joined by fellow Canadian Mark McMorris on the podium. McMorris won his third consecutive Olympic bronze medal in the event, going for it all in his third run.

THREE-TIME MEDALLIST