Photo: Getty ImagesZoi Sadowski-Synnott has made an imposing start to her Winter Olympic campaign, leading after the first qualifying run in the women's Snowboard Big Air. Sadowski-Synnott is competing in her third Olympics and is chasing her first Big Air gold. A year later, she competed at the Pyeongchang Olympics, claiming a bronze medal in the Big Air. In Beijing 2022, she made history as the first Kiwi to ever win a Winter Olympic gold medal when she won the snowboard slopestyle title. She followed that up just days later with a silver medal in the Big Air.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 08, 2026 19:54 UTC