Livigno, Italy ¨C Su Yiming celebrated ?his ?22nd ?birthday ?by winning the ?men¡¯s snowboard slopestyle ?final ?on Wednesday ?to give China ?its first ?gold ?medal ?of the Milano Cortina Olympics. Japan¡¯s Taiga ?Hasegawa ?took ?silver, building on the record haul for Japanese snowboarders at the 2026 Games.
Jake ?Canter earned bronze for ?the United States.
Su, the slopestyle silver medallist in Beijing four years ago, started with an impressive first run ?for a score of 82.41 under sunny skies in ?the Alpine town of Livigno and could not be caught.
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