Su Yiming’s double 1800s seal Team China gold in men’s snowboard big air

A pair of huge 1800s (front and backside) in his first two runs was enough to see 17-year-old Su Yiming grab the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games gold medal for men’s snowboard big air in a tense day of high-flying competition at the Shougang Industrial Park.

Norwegian Mons Roisland's consistency through his three runs was good enough to earn him silver while Canadian Max Parrot's cab 1800 helped him take the bronze with the help of a safety 1620 in his last run.

Team USA’s 22-year-old rider Chris Corning finished the first round of runs in first place (92.00) after a flurry of 1800s raised the bar early on, with the People’s Republic of China’s young star Su Yiming (silver winner from the Beijing 2022 men’s slopestyle event) and the Norwegian pair of Mons Roisland and Marcus Kleveland right on his heels.

Things started to progress in a big way in the second round. Team China’s teenage star Su went into the stratosphere with a backside 1800 to add to his frontside 1800 he landed in the first round. Canada’s Parrot put down his first score in the 90s and moved up the standings as the top-three riders heading into the final round were Su (first), Roisland (second) and Niek van der Velden of the Netherlands (third).

The final round proved a chaotic festival a boundary-pushing as Parrot's 1620 knocked USA's Red Gerard out of contention and Roisland's 1620 moved him up into second place. It all meant that Su's final run was a victory lap with the win sealed up in front a home crowd.

The men’s big air finals see the curtain fall on a thrilling programme of snowboarding events here at Beijing 2022.

Men’s snowboard big air results

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