Gasser Jumps Past Sadowski Synnott For Olympic Big Air Gold
Feb 14, 2022, 8:34 PM
Austria's Anna Gasser competes in the snowboard women's big air final run during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Anna Gasser of Austria executed a massive cab 1260 on her final jump to overtake Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand and win her second straight Olympic gold medal in women’s snowboarding big air.
The 30-year-old Gasser held off a field with an average age of 21, including the 20-year-old Sadowski Synnott, who last week won her country’s first Winter Olympics gold medal, in slopestyle.
Anna Gasser DEFENDS HER GOLD!
The Austrian goes back-to-back in women's big air thanks to a 95.50 on her final run!#WinterOlympics
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Gasser was assured of silver when she dropped in switch for her final attempt at Big Air Shougang.
She was the first woman to land a cab double cork 1260 in competition when she did it 2019, and she did it again here, the only rider to stomp out a trick with 3 1/2 spins.
Anna Gasser from Austria puts on an incredible final run to take the #Gold medal in the women’s #Snowboard big air!
95.50! Incredible!#Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/jTyIMHo3I8
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 15, 2022
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