Winter Olympics 2022 - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott claims New Zealand's first ever gold in a dramatic slopestyle final

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won gold in the women’s slopestyle final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after an unbelievable final run propelled her to the top of the leaderboard. The two-time world champion, representing New Zealand, recorded a best score of 92.88 on her third run, overtaking second place Julia Marino on 87.68. Ad/> Australia’s Tess Coady claimed bronze with a score of 84.15 on her third run.

Beijing 2022Morgan: White retirement decision 'well-deserved'13 HOURS AGO /> After the opening run, Sadowski-Synnott led the standings with a score of 84.51. Japan’s 17-year-old Kokomo Murase, who was impressive in qualifying finishing second in the standings behind favourite Sadowski-Synnott, only managed a score of 48.50 and was restricted to sixth place. Two-time defending champion Jamie Anderson scored a disappointing 22.98 in her first run, managing a slightly more respectable 60.78 on her second, but was still levels below the top performers on the day.

Big air gold medallist in 2018 Anna Gasser qualified with the fourth best score — 75.00 — but performed poorly scoring 35.01 and 43.58 in her first and second runs respectively. Medal table Schedule and results Team GB USA’s Marino knocked Sadowski-Synnott off her perch with a score of 87.68 in her second run, with the latter falling on her second attempt, only scoring 28.15. Murase gained a point on her second attempt with a slightly better score of 49.05, but had a lot to do if she was going to build on her second place qualifying finish.