China's Su makes history as Canada's Parrot wins snowboard slopestyle at Beijing 2022
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Updated: 2022-02-07 13:32
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CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou - Max Parrot of Canada upset Chinese favorite Su Yiming to win gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics here on Monday.
Despite missing out on the gold medal, the 17-year-old Su has become the first Chinese male snowboarder to reach the Olympic podium.
Pyeongchang Olympic silver medalist Parrot secured the victory with 90.96 points in the second run, where he contributed smooth performance in every section along the course and displayed a triple cork 1620 respectively in his fourth and sixth tricks.
