February 13, 2025 9:26 AM

Olympics-New Zealand snowboarder Sadowski-Synnott savours golden return

Grounded by a troubling ankle injury for much of 2024, New Zealand's first Winter Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is now back on top of the snowboarding world after a "mind-blowing" few weeks in Colorado. The 23-year-old swept both the slopestyle and big air gold medals at the World Cup in Aspen, after claiming the X-Games slopestyle title at the resort in late-January. She also became the first woman to land a triple cork in any ski or snowboard event at the X-Games when she pulled off ...