Tess Coady claims Australia's first medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics with bronze in slopestyle snowboarding

Tess Coady has claimed Australia's first medal of the Beijing Olympics, winning bronze in the women's slopestyle snowboarding.

Coady scored a brilliant 82.68 on her first run and held third spot heading into the final round, where she consolidated with an 84.15 that secured the bronze medal.

New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synott claimed gold with a score of 92.88, making her the nation's first Winter Olympic gold medallist. 

The USA's Julia Marino won silver with 84.15.

The result is a triumph for Coady who tore her ACL while training for the same event four years ago in Pyeongchang.

More to come.