Winter Olympics: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins gold in women's slopestyle final
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New Zealand's Sadowski-Synnott wins gold in women's slopestyle final
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was jumped on by the women she beat after a sensational slopestyle run saw her win New Zealand's first Winter Olympics gold.
The 20-year-old landed a huge 1080 spin with her final trick on the final run of the women's snowboard slopestyle competition to score a massive 92.88.
"It was the best run of my life," she said.
American Julia Marino, who had led, was the first to leap on Sadowksi-Synnott, recognising the brilliance of the run.
Australia's Tess Coady, who claimed bronze, also joined in the celebration.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is jumped on by Australia's Tess Coady and Julia Marino of the United States, who recognised the brilliance of her winning run
The three medallists ended up in a heap on the floor in a wonderful show of sportsmanship after Sadowski-Synnott claimed the first of seven gold medals on offer on day two.
She previously won bronze in the big air competition at Pyeongchang 2018.
The Kiwi lauded the progression of women's snowboarding, saying: "It's been pretty crazy for years and you know what it's going to take to be on the top of the podium, but I owe it to all the other girls for pushing me.
"It's going in the right direction and it's not really slowing down."
Marino finished second on 87.68 points, while Coady took bronze on 84.15.
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Van der Poel ends Kramer dominance
Sweden's Nils van der Poel set a new Olympic record when he secured his first gold medal in a blistering last lap in the men's 5,000m speed skating final.
The world record holder was 0.99 seconds behind Patrick Roest of the Netherlands with just one lap remaining.
But in a dramatic turn of events, Roest was bumped into silver medal position when Van der Poel clocked 28.8secs in his final lap and claimed gold.
Hallgeir Engebraaten of Norway took bronze, with three-time champion Sven Kramer finishing sixth.
Dutchman Kramer was hoping to add to an exclusive group of only six athletes who have won four Olympic gold medals in the same individual event, having already said he will retire later in 2022.
Kramer said: "I knew it was going to be my last one. When I went to the rink, I knew this was the last time I would skate the 5,000m. That didn't work out the way I wanted. I tried to go for all or nothing."
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Kobayashi claims Japan's first ski jumping gold in 50 years
Ryoyu Kobayashi took Japan's first Olympic ski jumping gold in 50 years in the men's individual normal hill event.
The 25-year-old started the final round at the top of the leaderboard, after scoring 145.4 with his first jump.
He registered a score of 129.6 in the final round, finishing with 275.0 in total.
Austria's Manuel Fettner took silver with 270.8 and Poland's Dawid Kubacki won bronze with 265.9.
Gusty winds postpone men's downhill
The men's downhill was not able to take place on Sunday because of the windy conditions at the Yanqing National Alpine Centre.
The jury put back the start time from the original 03:00 GMT but it was eventually called off at 05:00 GMT (13:00 local).
In a statement the organisers said the decision was taken "in the best interest of safety and fairness for the racers".
They will try again at 04:00 GMT on Monday, sandwiched in between the two runs of the women's giant slalom.